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Paul M. Edwards Papers
General description of the collection: The Paul M. Edwards Papers consist of his completed Korean War Veterans Survey Questionnaire in which he briefly describes his experiences in the United States (U.S.) Army during 1953. Edwards recalls an incident of violence against an officer during basic training. He says that it was hard to be accepted as a replacement, and that the personnel rotation system was hard on the unit and the replacements. He gives his opinion that Korean Augmentations to the U.S. Army (KATUSAs) were treated poorly and not used properly. He also notes that the histories of the Korean War, "report what brass planned, not what actually happened."
Learning Peace Through the Study of War
This book looks hard at warfare in the Korean Conflict by a veteran and historian, and Andrew Bolton asks what it means to be a faithful church. Included are thoughtful and critical responses by three Graceland students to the papers presented.
The Often Unheard
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Korean War Almanac
Presents a comprehensive reference to American involvement in the Korean War, including a chronology of major events, biographical sketches, related articles and a collection of maps.
The Korean War
Despite the American tendency to bypass it, the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 was a watershed in American history. It was in Korea, for the first time, that the United States committed its armed forces to limiting an expansion, by Communist forces, which many believed was designed to take over the world; it was also the first war that a world organization, the United Nations, played a military role. The conflict in Korea was a war that was fought in hardship and danger by the grunt, the man and woman in the field, bringing an end to the myth that possession of an atomic bomb made conventional warfare unnecessary. Training, usually with World II weapons, life on the front, care of the wounded and the dead, and coming home, are just some of the topics covered in The Korean War. In addition, a timeline of events, a helpful topically arranged bibliography of recommended sources, and illustrations, including many photos taken by the soldiers themselves, bring this period into full focus.
The Chief
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The Mistaken History of the Korean War
Much of the history of the Korean War has been misinterpreted or obscured. Intense propaganda and limited press coverage during the war, coupled with vague objectives and an incomplete victory, resulted in a popular narrative of partial truth and factual omission. Battlefield stories--essentially true but often missing significant data--added an element of myth. Drawing on a range of sources, the author, a Korean War veteran, reexamines the war's causes, costs and outcomes.
The Closed World
The Closed World offers a radically new alternative to the canonical histories of computers and cognitive science. Arguing that we can make sense of computers as tools only when we simultaneously grasp their roles as metaphors and political icons, Paul Edwards shows how Cold War social and cultural contexts shaped emerging computer technology--and were transformed, in turn, by information machines. The Closed World explores three apparently disparate histories--the history of American global power, the history of computing machines, and the history of subjectivity in science and culture--through the lens of the American political imagination. In the process, it reveals intimate links between...
