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The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War

by Chong, Denise

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"More than any other Vietnam book in recent years, The Girl in the Picture confronts us with the ceaseless, ever-compounding casualties of modern warfare." --The San Francisco Chronicle

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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  • Penguin Books Brand
  • Aug 1, 2001 Pub Date:
  • 9780140280210 ISBN-13:
  • 0140280219 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 0.9 in * 5.3 in * 7.9 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: