William Thomas Allison

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My Lai: An American Atrocity in the Vietnam WarHardcover, 1 October 2012

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Part of Series
Witness to History
Part of Series
Witness to History (John Hopkins)
Print Length
184 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published
1 Oct 2012
ISBN-10
1421406446
ISBN-13
9781421406442

Description

Allison tells the story of a terrible moment in American history and explores how to deal with the aftermath.

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 the difficulty of establishing fact and motive in an incident during which confusion, prejudice, and self-preservation overwhelmed the troops.

Son of a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War--and aware that the generation who lived through the incident is aging--Allison seeks to ensure that our collective memory of this shameful episode does not fade.

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.

Product Details

Author:
William Thomas Allison
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 October 2012
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm
ISBN-10:
1421406446
ISBN-13:
9781421406442
Language:
English
Location:
Baltimore
Pages:
184
Weight:
317.51 gm

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