An analysis of the Korean War, taking a cultural approach that emphasizes the human dimension of the war. There are chapters on Korean art in the war, translations into English of poetry by Korean soldiers, a study of songs on the war, discussion of war films, and more.

Donald Gregg, Philip West, Suh Ji-moon

Chapter 1 Some Reflections on the Korean War, Steven I. Levine; Chapter 2 Whether Enemy or Brother: Patriotism in Conflict with Brotherhood in the Korean War Poems by Korean Poets, Suh Ji-moon; Chapter 3 Above All, the Waste: American Soldier-Poets and the Korean War, William D. Ehrhart; Chapter 4 The Korean War and the Visual Arts, Roe Jae-ryung; Chapter 5 The Korean War Through the Camera of an American War Correspondent, Max Desfor; Chapter 6 The Korean War in the Lives and Thoughts of Several Major Korean Writers, Suh Ji-moon; Chapter 7 Reluctant Crusaders: Korean War Films and the Lost Audience, Lary May; Chapter 8 The Korean War in Korean Films, Suh Ji-moon; Chapter 9 Interior Stories of the Chinese POWs in the Korean War, Philip West, Li Zhihua; Chapter 10 In Search of Essences: Labeling the Korean War, William Stueck; Chapter 11 Imagining a Different Korea: What If ..., Chae-jin Lee, Donald Oberdorfer, Byong-chu Koh, William Stueck, Philip West;