My Lai: A Brief History with Documents
- ISBN-10
- 1319242049
- ISBN-13
- 9781319242046
- Series
- My Lai
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 222
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-12-05
- Publisher
- Macmillan Higher Education
- Authors
- Randy Roberts, James S. Olson
Description
The massacre at My Lai on March 16, 1968 continues to haunt students of the Vietnam War as a moment that challenges notions of American virtue. James Olson and Randy Roberts have combed unpublished testimony and gather a collection of eyewitness accounts from those who were at My Lai and reports from those who investigated the incident and its cover-up.
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