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. Today, mass graves still litter the countryside and two nuclear-armed forces stand at odds. 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.

9781541768161 Ghost Flames 50.2000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/non-fiction/history/general /shop/books/non-fiction/history /shop/books/non-fiction Although it was then perceived as a far-off and inconclusive engagement, the Korean War was a highly consequential and deeply destructive conflict. The narrative unfolds in interwoven episodes, month by month, from the hilltop trench lines, the refugee camps and the prisoner-of-war camps. In Ghost Flames, Charles Hanley adds new color and urgency by telling the history of the war through the eyes of twenty individuals - soldiers and civilians, male and female, young and old, witnesses both to atrocity and to heroism. Although it was then perceived as a far-off and inconclusive engagement, the Korean War was a highly consequential and deeply destructive conflict. In Ghost Flames, Charles Hanley adds new color and urgency by telling the history of.

Hanley) many nations and the victims of war have to. Although it was then perceived as a far-off and inconclusive engagement, the Korean War was a highly consequential and deeply destructive conflict. ghost flames, or spirit fires, flickering in the night over the killing fields.

Ghost Flames by Charles J. Hanley