Ghost Flames - Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953

"Although it was then perceived as a far-off and inconclusive engagement, the Korean War was a decisive and deeply destructive conflict. American forces dropped 635,000 tons of bombs over Korea -- more than the entire Pacific campaign of World War II -- and millions of Koreans perished. Today, mass graves still litter the countryside and two nuclear-armed forces stand at odds. 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. The narrative unfolds in interwoven episodes, month by month, from the hilltop trench lines, the refugee camps and the prisoner-of-war camps. In time for the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the war, Hanley offers a people's history of the devastating events on the Korean Peninsula"--

About the author

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.

Summary

A narrative, character-driven account of the Korean War that sheds light on the atrocities and hardships suffered by all sides in the 'forgotten' conflict.

Foreword

A narrative, character-driven account of the Korean War that sheds light on the atrocities and hardships suffered by all sides in the 'forgotten' conflict.

Product details

• Authors: Charles J. Hanley
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.2021
• EAN: 9781541768161
• ISBN: 978-1-5417-6816-1
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 208 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 460 g
• Illustrations: 6 Maps; 20 Illustrations, black & white; 16-pp B-W insert on text
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Korea, Asia, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Korean War, Asian History, 1950–1953 (Korean War period)