A Danger Shared
A Journalist’s Glimpses of a Continent at War
Photographs by Melville jacoby | Text by Bill Lascher | Foreword by Paul French
A Danger Shared is a searing visual history of wartime Asia as seen by foreign correspondent Melville Jacoby. In this meticulously curated collection of never-before-seen images, readers experience glamorous Macau soirées and witness wartime Chongqing's wreckage and resilience. Jacoby treats Filipino fishermen and Hanoi flower-sellers with the same care as the Soong Sisters, Chiang Kai-Shek, and other icons. With scenes of bombed classrooms, anxious refugees, and exhausted soldiers alongside images of everyday friendship, toil, and commerce, A Danger Shared weaves historic images of dramatic, world-changing events with glimpses of daily life’s perseverance into a visual chronicle of Asia’s experience as witnessed by Jacoby.