A Different Sort of War: Australians in Korea 1950-53

The Korean War involved the death, injury or dislocation of millions.

It threatened to escalate into a nuclear conflict and a third world war and marked the first exercise of will by the United Nations.

Its political significance is clear, but as wars go it has struggled for prominence in our collective memory.

Richard Trembath explores the reasons why this is so and the motivations and experiences of those who served-of combat, friend and enemy, and a foreign and dangerous landscape.