5. This book contains very accurate and realistic information about Korean war. It shows Comradeship, Desperation, countless deaths and sense of urgency in extreme circumstances that can only protrude through humans in time of War, making this book a must-read for Koreans including all active duty soldiers in the ROK military. Duncan’s intention of publishing this book is found in its introduction. Duncan wanted to separate the reality of the battlefield in the war from an operational point of view, and truthfully this book does exactly that through his lense. War correspondent is a very tough job. One literally faces death of war with a camera on his hand. Photos and words from this book shows how brutal of an experience it has been even for veteran journalists who have been on countless battlefields documenting it. This is where the importance and value of this book is coming from, presented in the most objective way of describing a war in a paper form. Human’s memories tend to distort especially in extreme situations such as a war. Soldier’s fear,agony and desperation of facing death itself in the battlefield with a single rifle would be hard to portray, describe accurately years later only from word of mouth. Book shows us this once in a lifetime experience with their body languages and mottled faces with its expressions. Duncan’s description enhances the feeling of battles and reality of the battlefield, making these extremely important materials for later generations to study. This is War! 6. This level of historical document requires interviews of thousands of veterans, countless research and documents gathering relating to events with fact checks on each and every of them. Duncan materialized all of this during a time of battle, risking his life to take photos and document them so later generations can appreciate things that had to be done for their peace and freedom. From this book we could also see how the US 10 l Word from translator(For publication of second edition)
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