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Kill anything that moves : the real American war in Vietnam / Nick Turse.

Title
Kill anything that moves : the real American war in Vietnam / Nick Turse.
Author
Turse, Nick
Publication
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., c2013.

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Description
370 p. : ill., map; 25 cm.
Summary
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.
Series Statement
American empire project
Uniform Title
American empire project
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Atrocities
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States
  • Massacres > Vietnam > History > 20th century
  • War crimes > Vietnam > History > 20th century
  • Violence > Vietnam > History > 20th century
  • Racism > Vietnam > History > 20th century
  • United States > Military policy
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-348) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
An Operation, Not an Aberration -- The Massacre at Trieu Ai -- A System of Suffering -- Overkill -- A litany of atrocities -- Unbounded misery -- The Bummer, the "Gook-Hunting" General, and the Butcher of the Delta -- Where Have All the War Crimes Gone? -- Wandering Ghosts.
ISBN
  • 9780805086911
  • 0805086919
LCCN
^^2012020903
OCLC
  • 795503637
  • SCSB-11942384
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library