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My Lai: An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War
William Thomas Allison
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Description for My Lai: An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War
Hardback. Well written and accessible, Allison's book provides a clear narrative of this historic moment and offers suggestions for how to come to terms with its aftermath. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
On March 16, 1968, American soldiers killed as many as five hundred Vietnamese men, women, and children in a village near the South China Sea. In "My Lai" William Thomas Allison explores and evaluates the significance of this horrific event. How could such a thing have happened? Who (or what) should be held accountable? How do we remember this atrocity and try to apply its lessons, if any? "My Lai" has fixed the attention of Americans of various political stripes for more than forty years. The breadth of writing on the massacre, from news reports to scholarly accounts, highlights ... Read more
On March 16, 1968, American soldiers killed as many as five hundred Vietnamese men, women, and children in a village near the South China Sea. In "My Lai" William Thomas Allison explores and evaluates the significance of this horrific event. How could such a thing have happened? Who (or what) should be held accountable? How do we remember this atrocity and try to apply its lessons, if any? "My Lai" has fixed the attention of Americans of various political stripes for more than forty years. The breadth of writing on the massacre, from news reports to scholarly accounts, highlights ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Witness to History
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421406442
SKU
V9781421406442
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About William Thomas Allison
William Thomas Allison is a professor of history at Georgia Southern University. He is author of Military Justice in Vietnam: The Rule of Law in an American War.
Reviews for My Lai: An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War
This will not only help students remember and understand the event, but also put it in context and see how far the military has come in its discipline and wartime preparation.
Kevin Braam H-War, H-Net Reviews Allison delivers a tightly drawn rendering of the events preceding, actual incidents involving, and resolution concerning the My Lai massacre that beset a ... Read more
Kevin Braam H-War, H-Net Reviews Allison delivers a tightly drawn rendering of the events preceding, actual incidents involving, and resolution concerning the My Lai massacre that beset a ... Read more