My Lai : Vietnam, 1968, and the descent into darkness / Howard Jones.
My Lai : Vietnam, 1968, and the descent into darkness / Howard Jones.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2017/6579
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxvi, 475 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: The My Lai story -- Part I. Pinkville -- Part II. Aftermath and Cover-Up -- Part III. My Lai on Trial -- Epilogue: The My Lai Story Continues.
Publication information
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"During the summer of 1971, in the midst of protests and demonstrations in the United States against the Vietnam War, it became public for the first time that something horrific had happened in the remote South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai. Three years previously, in March 1968, a unit of American soldiers engaged in seemingly indiscriminate violenc...
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My Lai : Vietnam, 1968, and the descent into darkness / Howard Jones.
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Pivotal moments in American history
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-452) and index.
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G 2017/6579
Record Identifier
74VKVGzaEJwy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGzaEJwy
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ISBN
0195393600 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
9780195393606 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
DDC
959.7043
MMS ID
991024152496702626
