The Korean War in Britain (31)

Cold War Conversations - "vivid & compelling" The NY Times

Ian Sanders

History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We speak with Doctor Grace Huxford, author of the Korean War in Britain – Citizenship, Selfhood and Forgetting. The Korean War was known as the “forgotten war”, but it is key in understanding the early Cold War tensions and later repercussions that continue through to today. The equipment used in today’s episode has kindly been provided by our supporters who make monthly donations via Patreon – a special thanks to all of them. If you would like to support the podcast further and get access to some exclusive extras click here. Now back to today’s episode. The subjects we cover include the social impact of the Korean War within Britain, the UK view of the war, prisoners of war and brainwashing as well as protests against the war. We welcome Dr Grace Huxford. Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.
0:05.8	When prisoners of war were captured, most of them were marched north into China.
0:11.0	A 22 American servicemen and one British servicemen are turned.
0:18.4	This is Cold War Conversations. If you're new here, you've come to the right place to listen to first-hand Cold War history accounts.
0:28.3	Do make sure you follow us in your podcast app or join our emailing list at Cold Warconversations.com.
0:37.9	Welcome to today's episode of Cold War Conversations, where we speak with Dr. Grace
0:44.9	Huxford, author of The Korean War in Britain, Citizenship, Selfhood and Forgetting.
0:53.3	The Korean War was known as the Forgot forgotten war, but it is key in understanding the early
0:58.7	Cold War tensions and later repercussions that continue through to today.
1:04.7	The equipment used in today's episode was kindly provided by our supporters who make monthly donations via Patreon.
1:14.1	A special thanks to all of them. If you would like to support the podcast further and get
1:19.8	access to some exclusive extras, go to our website at cold warconversations.com and click on the support the podcast menu option.
1:31.7	Now, back to today's episode. The subjects we cover include the social impact within Britain,
1:38.1	the UK view of the war, prisoners of war and brainwashing, as well as protests against the war. We met up in a cafe,
1:47.5	so excuse some of the background noise, but I'm delighted to welcome Dr Grace Huxford.
1:55.1	Well, Grace, welcome to Cold War Conversations. Really appreciate having you along today. Can you just tell us a little
2:01.5	bit about yourself and what you do? Sure. Well, thank you for having me. It's really great to talk
2:07.4	to Cold War enthusiasts and specialists. So I'm a social historian of modern warfare, I suppose,
2:16.3	is how I would describe myself. I'm based at the
2:19.0	University of Bristol, where I'm a lecturer in British history, and I teach on a variety of subjects
2:26.3	relating to war and society, but principally around Britain's Cold War. I also specialise
2:33.4	in oral history a bit as well. So, yes, teach on a
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ian Sanders, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Ian Sanders and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.