Ghost Flames: Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953
Aug 2020 · Sold by PublicAffairs
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A powerful, character-driven narrative of the Korean War from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who helped uncover some of its longest-held and darkest secrets.
The war that broke out in Korea on a Sunday morning seventy years ago has come to be recognized as a critical turning point in modern history -- as the first great clash of arms of the Cold War, the last conflict between superpowers, the root of a nuclear crisis that grips the world to this day.
In this vivid, emotionally compelling, and highly original account, Charles J. Hanley tells the story of the Korean War through the eyes of twenty individuals who lived through it--from a North Korean refugee girl to an American nun, a Chinese general to a black American prisoner of war, a British journalist to a U.S. Marine hero.
This is an intimate, deeper kind of history, whose meticulous research and rich detail, drawing on recently unearthed materials and eyewitness accounts, bring the true face of the Korean War, and the vastness of its human tragedy, into a sharper focus than ever before. The "forgotten war" becomes unforgettable.
The war that broke out in Korea on a Sunday morning seventy years ago has come to be recognized as a critical turning point in modern history -- as the first great clash of arms of the Cold War, the last conflict between superpowers, the root of a nuclear crisis that grips the world to this day.
In this vivid, emotionally compelling, and highly original account, Charles J. Hanley tells the story of the Korean War through the eyes of twenty individuals who lived through it--from a North Korean refugee girl to an American nun, a Chinese general to a black American prisoner of war, a British journalist to a U.S. Marine hero.
This is an intimate, deeper kind of history, whose meticulous research and rich detail, drawing on recently unearthed materials and eyewitness accounts, bring the true face of the Korean War, and the vastness of its human tragedy, into a sharper focus than ever before. The "forgotten war" becomes unforgettable.
A powerful, character-driven narrative of the Korean War from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who helped uncover some of its longest-held and darkest secrets.
The war that broke out in Korea on a Sunday morning seventy years ago has come to be recognized as a critical turning point in modern hi...
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Jeesue Kim
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June 26, 2022
plz see my commentary about this weird 70th commemorative in my amazon review. its a weird est publisher taking stories fm here there even blaine hardens no gum sok... VERY UNRELIABLE AS PHOTOS SHOW UNSCATHED NOT BOMBED ETC. THESE NORTHEAST SUPPLY DEPOTS WE COULD ONLY GET HUNGNAM AND EVACUATE OUT AND WON SAN. BUT HM? UNSCATHED TO CONTINUE TO NORTH TO THIS DAY. HATE THOSE GONGJANGGUI DRAWINGS NO FOTOS ANNOYING. its nippon there. hello japan is supplying them there obv not russia, china, etc. its weird. unscathed. no gunri, then 14 or so & free license 60s women coming out of kojedo. weird. interpreter again seriously my dad was and at end they all got shot in the leg or somewhere u idiots. few others. what pow camp n pilot hello. joined w takahashi and took out a lot of roks. creepy. under Sung at least foretold they took full east coast down but freezing n evac timewise... sung subsumed only peng for vietnam but died in prison worse than a rat. etc. not worth price but libe rental line
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Charles J. Hanley has reported from some 100 countries in his four-decade career at the Associated Press. His reporting on the No Gun Ri massacre of South Korean refugees in the hands of the U.S. military won him a Pulitzer Prize and Polk Award among other honors, and yielded his 2001 book, The Bridge at No Gun Ri. An expert on the Korean War, he regularly lectures and contributes scholarship on the conflict in academic journals. He lives in New York City.
Charles J. Hanley has reported from some 100 countries in his four-decade career at the Associated Press. His reporting on the No Gun Ri massacre of South Korean refugees in the hands of the U.S. military won him a Pulitzer Prize and Polk Award among other honors, and yielded his 2001 book, The B...
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