Ghost Flames

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 70 years ago has come to be recognized as a critical turning point in modern historyas the first great clash of arms of the Cold Warthe last conflict between superpowersand the root of a nuclear crisis that grips the world to this day. In this vividemotionally compelling and highly original accountCharles J. 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 nuna Chinese general to a black American prisoner of wara British journalist to a US Marine hero. This is an intimatedeeper kind of historywhose meticulous research and rich detaildrawing on recently unearthed materials and eyewitness accountsbrings the true face of the Korean Warthe vastness of its human tragedyinto a sharper focus than ever before. The \