Publisher: PublicAffairs Date of Addition: 06/16/21 Copyrighted By: Charles J. Hanley told the story of the Korean War, one of the most barbaric conflicts in history, in 'Ghost Flames: Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953' in 2020 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the war, according to the weekly magazine, 'The Main Actor Review.
The "Forgotten War" becomes unforgettable.In decades as an international journalist, Hanley reported from some 100 countries and covered more than a half-dozen conflicts, from Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq.Ĭopyright: 2020 Book Details Book Quality: Publisher Quality Book Size: 528 Pages ISBN-13: 9781541768154 Related ISBNs: Hanley tells the story of the Korean War through the eyes of 20 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 US Marine hero.This is an intimate, deeper kind of history, whose meticulous research and rich detail, drawing on recently unearthed materials and eyewitness accounts, brings the true face of the Korean War, the vastness of its human tragedy, into a sharper focus than ever before. In Ghost Flames, Charles Hanley adds new color and urgency by telling the history of the war through the eyes of twenty one individuals - soldiers and civilians, male and female, young and old, witnesses both to atrocity and to heroism. 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 secretsThe war that broke out in Korea on a Sunday morning 70 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, and the root of a nuclear crisis that grips the world to this day.In this vivid, emotionally compelling and highly original account, Charles J.
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