Kill anything that moves
Subtitle: the real American war in Vietnam
By: Nick Turse
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co.; Metropolitan Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780805086911
Subjects: War crimes; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Violence; Racism; Military policy; Massacres; Atrocities; History
Description: Based on classified documents and interviews, a controversial history of the Vietnam War argues that American acts of violence against millions of Vietnamese civilians were a pervasive and systematic part of the war.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: An Operation, Not an Aberration; title: The Massacre at Trieu Ai; title: A System of Suffering; title: Overkill; title: Month after Month after Month; title: The War Beyond the Boonies; title: Bummer, the "Gook-Hunting" General, and the Butcher of the Delta; title: Where Have All the War Crimes Gone?; title: Epilogue: Wandering Ghosts.