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The Vietnam War on Trial: The My Lai Massacre and the Court-Martial of Lieutenant Calley (Landmark Law Cases and American Society) (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)
Michal R. Belknap
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Paperback. The military trial of William Calley for his role in the slaughter of 500 or more Vietnamese civilians at My Lai shocked a nation already sharply divided over a controversial war. This work is a retelling of the My Lai story through the prism of the law. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJK; HBWS2; JWXK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
The military trial of William Calley for his role in the slaughter of 500 or more Vietnamese civilians at My Lai shocked a nation already sharply divided over a controversial war. This work is a retelling of the My Lai story through the prism of the law. One of the most highly publicized trials of its day, the Calley case emerged at a time when protests against the war were growing larger. Well aware of this, the Nixon administration sought to downplay the My Lai incident, which military officers in Vietnam had tried to cover up in order to protect ... Read more
The military trial of William Calley for his role in the slaughter of 500 or more Vietnamese civilians at My Lai shocked a nation already sharply divided over a controversial war. This work is a retelling of the My Lai story through the prism of the law. One of the most highly publicized trials of its day, the Calley case emerged at a time when protests against the war were growing larger. Well aware of this, the Nixon administration sought to downplay the My Lai incident, which military officers in Vietnam had tried to cover up in order to protect ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Landmark Law Cases and American Society
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700612123
SKU
V9780700612123
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About Michal R. Belknap
Michal R. Belknap, a lieutenant in the army during the Vietnam War, is professor of law at California Western School of Law. Among his other books are American Political Trials and Federal Law and Southern Order. Racial Violence and Constitutional Conflicts in the Post-Brown South.
Reviews for The Vietnam War on Trial: The My Lai Massacre and the Court-Martial of Lieutenant Calley (Landmark Law Cases and American Society) (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)
A wise, discerning, and powerful account of a notable trial that illuminates the larger meaning of the Vietnam War. Belknap's extraordinary analysis of the My Lai story skillfully explores the atrocities, the cover-up, and the political manipulation of the affair, and takes us beyond contemporary journalism to the complex history of what happened - and why. Stanley Kutler, Author Of ... Read more