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My Lai : Vietnam, 1968, and the descent into darkness
- Title
- My Lai : Vietnam, 1968, and the descent into darkness / Howard Jones.
- Author
- Jones, Howard, 1940-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-7768 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxvi, 475 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "In this raw, searing new narrative account, Howard Jones reopens the case of My Lai by examining individual accounts of both victims and soldiers through extensive archival and original research. Jones evokes the horror of the event itself, the attempt to suppress it, as well as the response to Calley's sentence and the seemingly unanswerable question of whether he had merely been following orders. My Lai also surveys how news of the slaughter intensified opposition to the Vietnam War by undermining any pretense of American moral superiority. Compelling, comprehensive, and sobering, Howard Jones' My Lai chronicles how the strategic failures and competing objectives of American leaders resulted in one of the most devastating tragedies of the Vietnam War"--
- Series Statement
- Pivotal moments in American history
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-452) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-7768
- ISBN
- 9780195393606
- 0195393600
- LCCN
- 2016042464
- OCLC
- 2016042464
- Author
- Jones, Howard, 1940- author.
- Title
- My Lai : Vietnam, 1968, and the descent into darkness / Howard Jones.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Pivotal moments in American history
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-452) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-7768