KIM EASED BACK A CORNER OF THE bedroom window curtains.
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The girl in the picture
the story of Kim Phuc, the photograph, and the Vietnam War
1st American ed.
by Denise Chong
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"From the most photographed war in the twentieth century, among the enduring images is one of a little girl screaming in pain and terror after being burned by napalm in an air attack. On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc ran from her burning village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph, taken by an Associated Press photographer, was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War.
It is an image that remains branded in the memory of all who lived through the Vietnam years. This book is the story of how that photograph came to be taken and what happened to Kim Phuc after it was taken. It opens up to American readers an unknown world - the world of Vietnam after the American army left and Saigon fell to the Communists from the north."--BOOK JACKET.
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Aerial operations, American, American Aerial operations, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Children, History, Nonfiction, Photography, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Biographies, Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664, American, Aerial Military operations, Guerre du Viet-nam, 1961-1975, Vietnamkrieg, Kriegsopfer, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, biography, Vietnam, biography, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, children, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, personal narrativesPeople
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On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War.This book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong's portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants.
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