Author: Richard Hammer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
"The trial at Fort Benning, Georgia, of First Lieutenant William Laws ('Rusty') Calley, Jr.-- regarded by the press and the public as everything from hero to monster, from fall guy to scapegoat-- was the longest in military history and one of the most controversial. Richard Hammer has covered it from its convening to its close."--Amazon.com.
The Court-martial of Lt. Calley
Author: Richard Hammer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
"The trial at Fort Benning, Georgia, of First Lieutenant William Laws ('Rusty') Calley, Jr.-- regarded by the press and the public as everything from hero to monster, from fall guy to scapegoat-- was the longest in military history and one of the most controversial. Richard Hammer has covered it from its convening to its close."--Amazon.com.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
"The trial at Fort Benning, Georgia, of First Lieutenant William Laws ('Rusty') Calley, Jr.-- regarded by the press and the public as everything from hero to monster, from fall guy to scapegoat-- was the longest in military history and one of the most controversial. Richard Hammer has covered it from its convening to its close."--Amazon.com.
The Vietnam War on Trial
Author: Michal R. Belknap
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Unfolding the Calley case step by step, Belknap shows how our system of military justice actually works. His dramatic reenactment takes readers through every stage of the trial, from pre-trial investigations to actual courtroom exchanges among prosecutors, defenders, witnesses, and judges. In the process, he reveals how a court-martial conducted within the public eye transformed a purely legal proceeding into a political debate about the conduct of the war. Calley.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Unfolding the Calley case step by step, Belknap shows how our system of military justice actually works. His dramatic reenactment takes readers through every stage of the trial, from pre-trial investigations to actual courtroom exchanges among prosecutors, defenders, witnesses, and judges. In the process, he reveals how a court-martial conducted within the public eye transformed a purely legal proceeding into a political debate about the conduct of the war. Calley.
The Court Martial of Lt. Calley
Author: James Kincaid
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781724463463
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
A play on the My Lai trial
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781724463463
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
A play on the My Lai trial
Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story
Author: William Laws Calley (Jr.)
Publisher: Viking
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: Viking
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
My Lai
Author: Howard Jones
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195393600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
During the summer of 1971, in the midst of protests and demonstrations in the United States against the Vietnam War, it became evident that something horrific had happened in the remote South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai. Three years previously, in March 1968, a unit of American soldiersengaged in seemingly indiscriminate violence against unarmed civilians, killing over 500 people, including women and children. News filtered slowly through the system, but was initially suppressed, dismissed or downplayed by military authorities. By late 1969, however journalists had pursued therumors, when New York Times reporter Seymour Hirsch published an expose on the massacre, the story became a national outrage.Howard Jones places the events of My Lai and the aftermath in a wider historical context. As a result of the reporting of Hirsch and others, the U.S. army conducted a special inquiry, which charged Lieutenant William Calley and nearly 30 other officers with war crimes. A court martial followed, butafter four months Calley alone was found guilty of premeditated murder. He served four and a half months in prison before President Nixon pardoned him and ordered his release.Jones' compelling narrative details the events in Vietnam, as well as the mixed public response to Calley's sentence and to his defense that he had merely been following orders. Jones shows how pivotal the My Lai massacre was in galvanizing opposition to the Vietnam War, playing a part nearly assignificant as that of the Tet Offensive and the Cambodian bombing. For many, it undermined any pretense of American moral superiority, calling into question not only the conduct of the war but the justification for U.S. involvement.Jones also reveals how the effects of My Lai were felt within the American military itself, forcing authorities to focus on failures within the chain of command and to review training methods as well as to confront the issue of civilian casualties - what, in later years, came to be known as"collateral damage."A trenchant and sober reassessment, My Lai delves into questions raised by the massacre that have never been properly answered: questions about America's leaders in the field and in Washington; the seeming breakdown of the U.S. army in Vietnam; the cover-up and ultimate public exposure; and thetrial itself, which drew comparisons to Nuremberg. Based on extensive archival research, this is the best account to date of one of the defining moments of the Vietnam War.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195393600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
During the summer of 1971, in the midst of protests and demonstrations in the United States against the Vietnam War, it became evident that something horrific had happened in the remote South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai. Three years previously, in March 1968, a unit of American soldiersengaged in seemingly indiscriminate violence against unarmed civilians, killing over 500 people, including women and children. News filtered slowly through the system, but was initially suppressed, dismissed or downplayed by military authorities. By late 1969, however journalists had pursued therumors, when New York Times reporter Seymour Hirsch published an expose on the massacre, the story became a national outrage.Howard Jones places the events of My Lai and the aftermath in a wider historical context. As a result of the reporting of Hirsch and others, the U.S. army conducted a special inquiry, which charged Lieutenant William Calley and nearly 30 other officers with war crimes. A court martial followed, butafter four months Calley alone was found guilty of premeditated murder. He served four and a half months in prison before President Nixon pardoned him and ordered his release.Jones' compelling narrative details the events in Vietnam, as well as the mixed public response to Calley's sentence and to his defense that he had merely been following orders. Jones shows how pivotal the My Lai massacre was in galvanizing opposition to the Vietnam War, playing a part nearly assignificant as that of the Tet Offensive and the Cambodian bombing. For many, it undermined any pretense of American moral superiority, calling into question not only the conduct of the war but the justification for U.S. involvement.Jones also reveals how the effects of My Lai were felt within the American military itself, forcing authorities to focus on failures within the chain of command and to review training methods as well as to confront the issue of civilian casualties - what, in later years, came to be known as"collateral damage."A trenchant and sober reassessment, My Lai delves into questions raised by the massacre that have never been properly answered: questions about America's leaders in the field and in Washington; the seeming breakdown of the U.S. army in Vietnam; the cover-up and ultimate public exposure; and thetrial itself, which drew comparisons to Nuremberg. Based on extensive archival research, this is the best account to date of one of the defining moments of the Vietnam War.
Judgement: The Court Martial of William Calley
Author: Stanley Karmer
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Last Statement of Lt. William Calley to His Court Martial
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Languages : en
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Facing My Lai
Author: David L. Anderson
Publisher: Modern War Studies
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
But these questions are asked again in the hope that they might lead to a better understanding of what My Lai means for us now.
Publisher: Modern War Studies
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
But these questions are asked again in the hope that they might lead to a better understanding of what My Lai means for us now.
לוחות, מולדות ועברונות
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Languages : en
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My Lai
Author: James S. Olson
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN: 1319242049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The massacre at My Lai on March 16, 1968 continues to haunt students of the Vietnam War as a moment that challenges notions of American virtue. James Olson and Randy Roberts have combed unpublished testimony and gather a collection of eyewitness accounts from those who were at My Lai and reports from those who investigated the incident and its cover-up.
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN: 1319242049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The massacre at My Lai on March 16, 1968 continues to haunt students of the Vietnam War as a moment that challenges notions of American virtue. James Olson and Randy Roberts have combed unpublished testimony and gather a collection of eyewitness accounts from those who were at My Lai and reports from those who investigated the incident and its cover-up.