After the Korean War: An Intimate History (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare)

"Following his prizewinning studies of the Vietnam War, renowned anthropologist Heonik Kwon presents this groundbreaking study of the Korean War's enduring legacies seen through the realm of intimate human experience. Kwon boldly reclaims kinship as a vital category in historical and political enquiry and probes the grey zone between the modern and the traditional (and between the civil and the social) in the lived reality of Korea's civil war and the Cold War more broadly. With captivating historical detail and innovative conceptual frames, Kwon's moving, creative analysis provides fresh insights into the Korean conflict, civil war and reconciliation, history and memory and critical political theory"-- Provided by publisher Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Title 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 8 1 | Massacres in Korea 28 2 | Bad Gemeinschaft 50 3 | Peace in the Feud 73 4 | Guilt by Association 97 5 | Morality and Ideology 118 6 | The Quiet Revolution 146 Conclusion 182 Notes 192 Select Bibliography 217 Index 230 The First Comprehensive Analysis Of The Korean War And Its Enduring Legacies Through The Lenses Of Intimate Human And Social Experience.