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    Centre for Int'l & Defence Policy Speaker Series: Meghan Fitzpatrick "The Human Cost of War"

    When:
    Tuesday, November 28, 2017
    12:00 PM 鈥 1:00 PM
    Where:
    Robert Sutherland Hall
    Room: Room 448
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    The Human Cost of War: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in Korea, 1950-1953

    Meghan Fitzpatrick

    鈥婩别濒濒辞飞, War Studies
    Royal Military College of Canada

    Abstract

    Marred by war and violence, the history of the twentieth century is one of trauma. The Korean War (1950-1953) was a ferocious and brutal conflict that produced over four million casualties. It also represents one of the largest deployments of Canadians in the past hundred years. Throughout the war, psychiatric casualties accounted for one in twenty sick or wounded Commonwealth soldiers. In doing their duty, many of these men would bear permanent scars.

    Historian Meghan Fitzpatrick investigates the human impact of the 鈥渇orgotten war.鈥 This talk will examine how the Commonwealth cared for the psychologically wounded in theatre and assess how successful doctors were in returning servicemen to duty. She will explore the challenges that veterans of politically unpopular or neglected conflicts like Korea face in accessing compensation and care; and also reflect upon how the Korean War experience can inform contemporary policy and underline salutary lessons for the future. 

    Biography

    Dr. Meghan Fitzpatrick is a SSHRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in War Studies with the Royal Military College of Canada. Her recently published book with the University of British Columbia Press is entitled Invisible Scars: Mental Trauma and the Korean War (2017). 

     

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