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America never fully recovered from or forgot the grim day in 1968 when the soldiers of Charlie Company killed almost four hundred Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. Introducing readers to the most controversial event of the Vietnam War, this brief history examines the massacre and its cover-up and discusses the ramifications that the ensuing investigation had for the public, policymakers, and the antiwar movement. Eight topical chapters reprint 68 primary documents - drawn mainly from testimony and reports of General Peers's inquiry into the incident - to chronicle the events leading up to,…
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 1998Bedford/St. Martin's · 222 pages · 9780312142278
- Hardcover · English · 1998Palgrave Macmillan · 200 pages · 9780312177676
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968Vietnam War, 1961-1975Vietnam war, 1961-1975, atrocitiesVietnam war, 1961-1975, united statesVietnam war, 1961-1975--united statesDs557.8.m9 o45 1998959.704/3373