This volume introduces students to a controversial incident of the Vietnam War - the My Lai massacre when almost 400 Vietnamese civilians were killed in four hours. It discusses the ramifications of the cover-up, and the ensuing investigations for the American public, policy makers, the anti-War movement, and the soldiers involved. The book examines 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 governmet enquiry into the outrage.
- ISBN10 0312142277
- ISBN13 9780312142278
- Publish Date 15 January 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 200
- Language English