My Lai: An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War

by William Thomas Allison

Book Overview

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?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421406454
• ISBN13: 9781421406459
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"