A bestseller for 46 weeks, the book is written by the son of one of the flag-raisers, John Bradley.
The film received "generally favorable" reviews, holding a 76% on Rotten Tomatoes . Flags of Our Fathers | Drama films - The Guardian Flags of Our Fathers
Both the 2000 non-fiction book by James Bradley and the 2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood explore the lives of the men behind the iconic flag-raising photo at Iwo Jima. While both were critical successes, they differ in focus: the book is widely praised as a deeply personal and exhaustive historical tribute, while the film is noted for its sombre, complex deconstruction of how heroes are "manufactured" for public consumption. A bestseller for 46 weeks, the book is