My Lai : A Brief History with Documents Paperback / softback
by Randy Roberts, Jim Olson
Part of the The Bedford Series in History and Culture series
Paperback / softback
Description
This volume introduces students to a controversial incident of the Vietnam War - the My Lai massacre when almost 400 Vietnamese civilians were killed in four hours.
It discusses the ramifications of the cover-up, and the ensuing investigations for the American public, policy makers, the anti-War movement, and the soldiers involved.
The book examines the causes of the massacre and the issues of culpability and human rights.
The narrative is built around 70 primary documents drawn mainly from testimony and reports from the governmet enquiry into the outrage.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, bibliography, glossary, index
- Publisher:St Martin's Press
- Publication Date:08/04/1998
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- ISBN:9780312142278
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, bibliography, glossary, index
- Publisher:St Martin's Press
- Publication Date:08/04/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780312142278
