So I was gifted this book by a journalist I had met through a friend while studying abroad in Gwangju. Because the book is in English, he told me that it was not use to him and that I could have it. To this day, holding the book in my hands makes me feel this wave of gratitude and grief. I had put off reading this till the 45th anniversary of the uprising as I thought it would be fitting to read it during the time frame. 

If there was one book I could pick to recommendation to people to learn about the Gwangju Uprising, I would pick this one. It lays out practically everything that had happened. Lee talks about how the community came together to stand up against the military dictatorship and also to help one another during the liberation commune period. Then at the end, Tim Shorrock talks about how the US was involved in the uprising. This book is heavy just as every other book on the uprising is, but there is something special about this one. I wish more people knew about the Gwangju Uprising and what the people of Gwangju did. Hopefully if more do, I hope they come across this book.