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Kill Anything That Moves
Nick Turse
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Paperback. Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by just a few "bad apples." In this investigation, the author demonstrates that violence against Vietnamese non-combatants was not at all exceptional during the conflict. Num Pages: 400 pages, includes two 8-page black & white photograph sections. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 212 x 29. Weight in Grams: 376.
Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by just a few "bad apples." But as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this groundbreaking investigation, violence against Vietnamese non-combatants was not at all exceptional during the conflict. Rather, it was pervasive and systematic, the predictable consequence of official orders to "kill anything that moves." Drawing on more than a decade of research into secret Pentagon archives and extensive interviews with American veterans and Vietnamese survivors, Turse reveals for the first time the workings ... Read more
Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by just a few "bad apples." But as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this groundbreaking investigation, violence against Vietnamese non-combatants was not at all exceptional during the conflict. Rather, it was pervasive and systematic, the predictable consequence of official orders to "kill anything that moves." Drawing on more than a decade of research into secret Pentagon archives and extensive interviews with American veterans and Vietnamese survivors, Turse reveals for the first time the workings ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Picador USA United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781250045065
SKU
V9781250045065
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