{"product_id":"aftershock-the-human-toll-of-war-haunting-world-war-ii-images-by-americas-soldier-photographers-9780991541881","title":"Aftershock: The Human Toll of War: Haunting World War II Images by America's Soldier Photographers","description":"The world was in ruin at the end of World War II: from the Blitz in London to the aftermath of the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. \u003cp\u003eA small group of Army soldiers witnessed it all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey photographed Germany's last push, the Battle of the Bulge, and they rode into Germany to witness unimagined destruction. They documented the Burma Road, which opened Mainland China to supplies, and saw war atrocities as far away as the Philippines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese soldier photographers are acclaimed for their war photographs, but their work showing the impact of total war has never been compiled in a book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs towns fell and the result of years of war were being laid bare, the world began to comprehend the impact of the war. Ruined cities were unearthed. The gates of concentration camps were flung open. Former prisoners, captured soldiers, and desperate refugees scoured the landscape for food and shelter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese GIs used cameras instead of guns, witnessing and capturing the loss and destruction on film. Their work is a remarkable record of pictures that is now housed at the National Archives. The photos they left behind are beautiful and brutal: cemeteries and churches. POWs and DPs. Surrenders and suicides. Liberators and prisoners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the photos have never before been seen. None have been seen like this--scanned directly from original negatives for this book. Aftershock is a permanent record that shows what these soldiers saw. And it tells the story of these young photographers, whose lives were changed forever because of 1945. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cityfiles Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780991541881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 9.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2019 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Richard Cahan, Mark Jacob, Michael Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36646722240668,"sku":"9780991541881","price":42.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f8bdd82d-a9e1-4f43-9108-e8e404df1f1c.jpg?v=1603865016","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/aftershock-the-human-toll-of-war-haunting-world-war-ii-images-by-americas-soldier-photographers-9780991541881","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}