My Lai

My Lai
Author: Howard Jones
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2017
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0195393600

A trenchant and haunting account of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and its aftermath.

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

Report of the Department of the Army Review of the Preliminary Investigations Into the My Lai Incident
Author: United States. Department of the Army
Publisher:
Total Pages: 413
Release: 1974
Genre: My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968
ISBN:

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.

Cover-Up

Cover-Up
Author: Seymour M. Hersh
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2013-10-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0804151164

The Pulitzer Prize winner who first disclosed the massacre at My Lai 4 uncovers the full story of how those involved - from private to general - kept it secret. What he reveals is shocking - from the amorphous but very real "West Point Protective Association" to the fact that an extensive but closed investigation by the Army itself covered up another massacre by the same unit on the same morning.

My Lai

My Lai
Author: James S. Olson
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1998-01-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1319242049

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 James Olson and Randy Roberts have combed unpublished testimony and gather a collection of eyewitness accounts from those who were at My Lai and reports from those who investigated the incident and its cover-up.

Kill Anything That Moves

Kill Anything That Moves
Author: Nick Turse
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-01-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0805086919

Based on classified documents and interviews, argues that American acts of violence against millions of Vietnamese civilians during the Vietnam War were a pervasive and systematic part of the war.

Four Hours in My Lai

Four Hours in My Lai
Author: Michael Bilton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 465
Release: 1993-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0140177094

Uncovering the secrets behind the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, this is "a brutal, cautionary tale that serves as a painful reminder of the worst that can happen in war."—Chicago Tribune.

After the Massacre

After the Massacre
Author: Heonik Kwon
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2006-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520247970

Though a generation has passed since the massacre of civilians at My Lai, the legacy of this tragedy continues to reverberate throughout Vietnam and the rest of the world. This text considers how Vietnamese villagers have assimilated the catastrophe of these mass deaths into their everyday ritual lives.

The Vietnam War on Trial

The Vietnam War on Trial
Author: Michal R. Belknap
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Unfolding the Calley case step by step, Belknap shows how our system of military justice actually works. His dramatic reenactment takes readers through every stage of the trial, from pre-trial investigations to actual courtroom exchanges among prosecutors, defenders, witnesses, and judges. In the process, he reveals how a court-martial conducted within the public eye transformed a purely legal proceeding into a political debate about the conduct of the war. Calley.

My Lai 4

My Lai 4
Author: Seymour M. Hersh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1970
Genre: Massacres
ISBN:

An account of the My Lai incident based on interviews with the men of Charlie Company and on a limited number of transcripts from the Army's investigation.

The My Lai Inquiry

The My Lai Inquiry
Author: William R. Peers
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 306
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: Massacres
ISBN: 9780393011845

The officer who headed the official inquiry into the My Lai massacre analyzes the failure of leadership that led to the incident and, maintaining that the cover-up involved the entire chain of command, presents the Inquiry's recommendations for reform