MY LAI MASSACRE IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND MEMORY.
Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS
Published: 2006
Place of publication: MANCHESTER
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 300
Description: "This book examines the response of American society to the My Lai massacre and its ambiguous place in American national memory. The author argues that the massacre revelations left many Americans untroubled. It was only when the soldiers most immediately responsible came to be tried that opposition to the conflict grew, for these prosecutions were regarded by supporters of the war as evidence that the national leaders no longer had the will to do what was necessary to win." -- Provided by publisher.