The Korean War: Forgotten, Unknown and Unfinished

Friday, 12 July 2013 09:29  
By H Patricia Hynes, Truthout | Historical Analysis 

The American war in Korea lasted three years, one month and two days and ended in a stalemate on July 12, 1953, at 10:12 am. Fighting continued for 12 more hours, with even more "blood and treasure" on all sides wasted in the intense, deadly fireworks of frustrated, war-wearied soldiers. Americans at home had tired of the deadlocked war and they disconnected from it; American soldiers fighting in it did not understand its historical roots. The war's especially morbid consequences for Korean women have not ended, in what has been "60 years of a war system." The menace of nuclear war in spring 2013 embodies its toxic legacy.