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The Chronicle of Courage

The beginning of Iran-Iraq war is the reminiscence of sustainable defeats and losses. However, the passage of time changed everything, especially in two periods on which Iranians obtained remarkable victories. One of them was the operations which led to the liberation of Khorramshahr and the other was a period at the end of the war. That is why the war for the Iranians means "The Chronicles of Victory". This is the title of one of the most memorable war documentaries directed by Martyr Morteza Avini. Mohammad Hossein Ghadami is the one whom Avini deemed right to help write the background narration of the documentaries. Ghadami, who was a media reporter and a photographer, wrote the second part of the book because of the order given by Martyr Avini, the one in charge of the Chronicles of Victory's documentation group. Ghadami has said that to write this part, he had been searching for a group with various personality traits and when, at last, he found them, he started from their house and school, lived with them in the garrison, nightly battles, experienced loneliness moments, daily walking in the coldness, hardships, sorrow and joy; finally, he wrote what he had obtained. This group was known as "the Group of Faith" whose tasks were to break the line in the operations. The four-episode documentary of "Group of Faith" was made based on these notes. During the war, while all the warriors were carrying guns on their shoulders, Ghadami held a camera in his hand and chose the subjects carefully when there was a talk of life or death and later wrote the details precisely and published them along with the photos in a book entitled “The Chronicles of Courage”. The most important problem that the author tries to find is to search for the point making the Iranian warriors different from others which brings about a special atmosphere in the fronts. What has brought all this for the Iranian warriors? What has a war to do with the spirituality? The author, seeking for an answer, delves into to the German soldier's memoirs of the World War I and occasionally quotes some of his writings taken from his book, “All Quiet on the Western Front”. He sometimes describes the Iraqi forces moods and compares them with the Iranians'. One of the other intriguing parts of the book is related to the bond between Iranian warriors and the students; a vivid description of the times large bags of letters would arrive at the fronts and the warriors enthusiastically gathered to reply every single one of them. The bitterest scene in the book belongs to the depiction of Halabche after Saddam's chemical bombardment. Ghadami was staying in Halabche in that period when he took some painful photos. A description of a crowd on the ground, motionless and lifeless. The scene pierces the heart of any being.          

 

Additional Info

  • Size: Pocket book - 4.25" X 6.87"
  • Genre: Memoir
  • Pages: 483