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Kill anything that moves : the real American war in Vietnam Cover Image Book

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

Turse, Nick. (Author).

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.

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  • ISBN: 9780805086911
  • ISBN: 0805086919
  • Physical Description: 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2013.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-348) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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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.
Racism.
United States > Military policy.

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