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Book My Lai

    Book Details:
  • Author : Howard Jones
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 0195393600
  • Pages : 536 pages

Download or read book My Lai written by Howard Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the summer of 1971, in the midst of protests and demonstrations in the United States against the Vietnam War, it became evident that something horrific had happened in the remote South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai. Three years previously, in March 1968, a unit of American soldiersengaged in seemingly indiscriminate violence against unarmed civilians, killing over 500 people, including women and children. News filtered slowly through the system, but was initially suppressed, dismissed or downplayed by military authorities. By late 1969, however journalists had pursued therumors, when New York Times reporter Seymour Hirsch published an expose on the massacre, the story became a national outrage.Howard Jones places the events of My Lai and the aftermath in a wider historical context. As a result of the reporting of Hirsch and others, the U.S. army conducted a special inquiry, which charged Lieutenant William Calley and nearly 30 other officers with war crimes. A court martial followed, butafter four months Calley alone was found guilty of premeditated murder. He served four and a half months in prison before President Nixon pardoned him and ordered his release.Jones' compelling narrative details the events in Vietnam, as well as the mixed public response to Calley's sentence and to his defense that he had merely been following orders. Jones shows how pivotal the My Lai massacre was in galvanizing opposition to the Vietnam War, playing a part nearly assignificant as that of the Tet Offensive and the Cambodian bombing. For many, it undermined any pretense of American moral superiority, calling into question not only the conduct of the war but the justification for U.S. involvement.Jones also reveals how the effects of My Lai were felt within the American military itself, forcing authorities to focus on failures within the chain of command and to review training methods as well as to confront the issue of civilian casualties - what, in later years, came to be known as"collateral damage."A trenchant and sober reassessment, My Lai delves into questions raised by the massacre that have never been properly answered: questions about America's leaders in the field and in Washington; the seeming breakdown of the U.S. army in Vietnam; the cover-up and ultimate public exposure; and thetrial itself, which drew comparisons to Nuremberg. Based on extensive archival research, this is the best account to date of one of the defining moments of the Vietnam War.

Book Department of the Army Pamphlet

Download or read book Department of the Army Pamphlet written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book TRADOC Pamphlet TP 600 4 The Soldier s Blue Book

Download or read book TRADOC Pamphlet TP 600 4 The Soldier s Blue Book written by United States Government Us Army and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-14 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual, TRADOC Pamphlet TP 600-4 The Soldier's Blue Book: The Guide for Initial Entry Soldiers August 2019, is the guide for all Initial Entry Training (IET) Soldiers who join our Army Profession. It provides an introduction to being a Soldier and Trusted Army Professional, certified in character, competence, and commitment to the Army. The pamphlet introduces Solders to the Army Ethic, Values, Culture of Trust, History, Organizations, and Training. It provides information on pay, leave, Thrift Saving Plans (TSPs), and organizations that will be available to assist you and your Families. The Soldier's Blue Book is mandated reading and will be maintained and available during BCT/OSUT and AIT.This pamphlet applies to all active Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard enlisted IET conducted at service schools, Army Training Centers, and other training activities under the control of Headquarters, TRADOC.

Book Seymour Hersh

Download or read book Seymour Hersh written by Robert Miraldi and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seymour Hersh has been the most important, famous, and controversial journalist in the United States for the last forty years. From his exposé of the My Lai massacre in 1969 to his revelations about torture at Abu Ghraib prison in 2004, Hersh has consistently captured the public imagination, spurred policymakers to reform, and drawn the ire of presidents. From the streets of Chicago to the newsrooms of the most powerful newspapers and magazines in the United States, Seymour Hersh tells the story of this Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. Robert Miraldi scrutinizes the scandals and n.

Book U S  Government Information Policies and Practices  the Pentagon Papers  Problems of Congress in obtaining information from the Executive Branch

Download or read book U S Government Information Policies and Practices the Pentagon Papers Problems of Congress in obtaining information from the Executive Branch written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Department of the Army Review of the Preliminary Investigations Into the My Lai Incident  14 March 1970

Download or read book Report of the Department of the Army Review of the Preliminary Investigations Into the My Lai Incident 14 March 1970 written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Department of the Army Review of the Preliminary Investigations Into the My Lai Incident

Download or read book Report of the Department of the Army Review of the Preliminary Investigations Into the My Lai Incident written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1 of the Peers Inquiry contains the narrative report of the investigation. The report, which is divided into twelve chapters and two annexes, includes the 29 March 1969 letter from Ronald L. Ridenhour reporting the incident to the Secretary of Defense, the mission statement of the Inquiry, findings and recommendations, maps, an extensive table of contents, and a 26-page glossary. Vol. 2 of the Peers Inquiry, entitled "Testimony," is further subdivided into a series of 32 "books," and is comprised of approximately 20,000 pages of testimony and summaries of testimony by over 350 witnesses.

Book The United States Army Chaplaincy

Download or read book The United States Army Chaplaincy written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Download or read book Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms written by United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Department of the Army Historical Summary

Download or read book Department of the Army Historical Summary written by Center of Military History and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1971

Download or read book Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1971 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shooting Vietnam

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dan Brookes
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword
  • Release : 2019-05-30
  • ISBN : 1526744015
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Shooting Vietnam written by Dan Brookes and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover what it was like to be amidst the action as a military photographer during the Vietnam War. Shooting Vietnam takes you there as you read the firsthand accounts and view the hundreds of photographs by men who lived the war through the lens of a camera. From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, they documented everything from the horror of combat to the people and culture of a land they suddenly found themselves immersed in. Some juggled cameras with weapons as they fought to survive while carrying out their assignments to record the war. Others did not survive. Shooting Vietnam also finally brings recognition to these unheralded military combat photographers in Vietnam that documented the brutal, unpopular, and futile war. Often, during a brief respite from trudging through swamps and rice paddies or jumping from a chopper into a hot landing zone, the photographers would wander the streets of villages or even downtown Saigon, curiously photographing a people and a culture so strange and different to them. It is these photographs, of a kinder, more personal nature, removed from the horror and death of war that they also share with the reader. The accounts in this book come from young men thrust into a conflict half way around the world, and all who had their own unique perspective on the war. Some were seasoned photographers before the military, others had only recently held a camera for the first time. “The photography is excellent . . . an essential read to anyone interested in the Vietnam War or conflict photography in general.” —War History Online

Book Parameters

Download or read book Parameters written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Commanders Call Support Materials

Download or read book Commanders Call Support Materials written by United States. Department of the Army. Command Information Division and published by . This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Surgeon General of the Army to the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Year Ending

Download or read book Report of the Surgeon General of the Army to the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Year Ending written by United States. Surgeon-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides data, statistical and tabular, on the operations and activities of the Surgeon General's Office including financial statements, reports on health and hygiene in the Army, hospitals, medical supplies, brief agency histories, etc.