My Lai: A Brief History with Documents

✍ Scribed by James S. Olson, Randy Roberts (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 238
• Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume introduces students to the most controversial incident of the Vietnam War - the My Lai massacre when almost 400 Vietnamese civilians were killed in four hours. The authors discuss the ramifications of the cover-up and the ensuing investigations for the American public, policymakers, the anti-War movement and the soldiers involved. They examine the causes of the massacre and the issues of culpability and human rights. The narrative is built around 70 primary documents drawn mainly from testimony and reports from the government enquiry into the outrage.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-25
The Official Story....Pages 26-33
The Official Rules of Modern Warfare....Pages 34-43
Experience in War....Pages 44-55
The Briefings....Pages 56-74
The Assault on My Lai....Pages 75-112
The Cover-Up....Pages 113-145
Exposure and Investigation....Pages 146-177
Culpability....Pages 178-199
Back Matter....Pages 200-222

✦ Subjects

Science, general