The war ended in an armistice but never a peace treaty so in effect we were still at war. But I think what distinguishes the book is that it’s not just looking at the war years which is 1950–53 or even earlier, 1945–53, but it takes a look past the armistice, past 1953, to look at the impact of the war on East Asia, because the war never ended. And it of course takes the broad perspective, not just the Americans, but of course Korea, China and the Soviet Union, so it’s about sort of a regional complex. It’s a book about the Korean War, but it looks at not just the operational history of the war, but it also looks at the relationship between the military and society, and it looks also at memories of war. She sat down with the Review to discuss the East Asian Studies department, the publishing process and the Korean War.Ĭan you tell me a little bit about your recently published book, Brothers at War? Sheila Miyoshi Jager, associate professor and program director of East Asian Studies, recently published a book that illuminates the military, political and cultural history of the Korean War.
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