Kill anything that moves: the real American war in Vietnam
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New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2013.
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Book
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1st ed.
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370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Description
Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by a few bad apples. However, as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this pioneering investigation, violence against Vietnamese civilians was not at all exceptional. Rather, it was pervasive and systematic, the predictable consequence of official orders to kill anything that moves. Drawing on a decade of research into secret Pentagon files and extensive interviews with American veterans and Vietnamese survivors, Turse reveals the policies and actions that resulted in millions of innocent civilians killed and wounded. He lays out in shocking detail the workings of a military machine that made crimes all but inevitable. Kill Anything That Moves finally brings us face-to-face with the truth of a war that haunts America to this day.
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Street Date:
1301
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780805086911
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Turse, N. (2013). Kill anything that moves: the real American war in Vietnam. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Turse, Nick. 2013. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Turse, Nick, Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Turse, Nick. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co, 2013.
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