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Lädt ... The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about U.S. War Crimesvon Deborah Nelson
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Nelson reports succinctly on military investigations into atrocities/war crimes committed by U.S. troops in Vietnam and then reports on a set of follow up interviews with the accused, the accusers, the investigators, and the higher ups. The picture is not pretty, and some more contemporary proper nouns keep cropping up: Abu Ghraib, Iraq. What saves this book from being a total downer is the honorable folks who spoke out then, and again, there is a sense that we must honor them and their lineal descendants speaking out now. ( ) This is a very good book. At first, I expected it to be sensationalistic, but it was a very even-handed look at the allegations of war crimes during the Vietnam War. The author interviewed many people, from CID investigators, accused and whistle-blowers. Even if the claim was substantiated not much usually happened. The guilty might have to forfeit some pay. The US expects its soldier to be treated humanely when captured and we are angry when they aren't. Yet, in too many cases we do unto others, what we don't want done to us. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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In 2005, Deborah Nelson joined forces with military historian Nick Turse to investigate the largest compilation of records on Vietnam-era war crimes ever to surface. The declassified Army papers were erroneously released and have since been pulled from public circulation. The files contain reports of more than 300 confirmed atrocities, and 500 other cases the Army either couldn't prove or didn't investigate. The archive has letters of complaint to generals and congressmen, as well as reports of Army interviews with hundreds of men who served. Far from being limited to a few bad actors or rogue units, atrocities occurred in every Army division that saw combat. Torture was routine; so was the random killing of farmers, women and children. In most cases, no one was prosecuted. Here, Nelson goes beyond the documents and talks with many of those involved, both accusers and accused, to uncover their stories and learn how they deal with one of the most awful secrets of the Vietnam War. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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