The Woman within the Image: The Story of Kim Phuc, the {Photograph}, and the Vietnam Battle

On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the attention of historical past. Her photograph-one of probably the most unforgettable photographs of the 20th century-was seen around the globe and helped flip public opinion in opposition to the Vietnam Battle.

This e book is the story of how that {photograph} got here to be-and the story of what occurred to that woman after the digicam shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong’s portrait of Kim Phuc-who finally defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a uncommon take a look at the Vietnam Battle from the Vietnamese point-of-view and {one of the} solely books to explain on a regular basis life within the wake of this battle and to probe its lingering results on all its members.