The Vietnam War on Trial
Subtitle: The My Lai Massacre and the Court-Martial of Lieutenant Calley (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: November 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780700612116
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law; War crimes; United States; Military - Vietnam War; History; United States - 20th Century; Military Courts; Military History - Vietnam Conflict; History - Military / War; Military; History: World; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; USA; Vietnam; Government - U.S. Government; Legal History; Calley, William Laws,; Trials (Murder); Trials, litigation, etc; 1943-; Atrocities; Courts-martial and courts of i; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Description: 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.