Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam - Brossura

Turse, Nick

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ISBN 10: 1250045061 ISBN 13: 9781250045065

Casa editrice: Picador, 2013

Riassunto

Based on classified documents and first-person 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 and that soldiers were deliberately trained and ordered to conduct hate-based slaughter campaigns.

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New York Times BestsellerWith a New Afterword An indispensable, paradigm-shifting new history of the war...All these decades later, Americans still haven't drawn the right lesson from Vietnam.--San Francisco Chronicle A searing and meticulously documented book...A damning account of the horrors the United States inflicted on civilians.--Financial Times Harrowing.--The New York Review of Books A powerful case...With his urgent but highly readable style, Turse delves into the secret history of U.S.-led atrocities. He has brought to his book an impressive trove of new research--archives explored and eyewitnesses interviewed in the United States and Vietnam. With superb narrative skill, he spotlights a troubling question: Why, with all the evidence collected by the military at the time of the war, were atrocities not prosecuted?--Washington Post There have been many memorable accounts of the terrible things done in Vietnam--memoirs, histories, documentaries, and movies. But Nick Turse has given us a fresh holistic work that stands alone for its blending of history and journalism, for the integrity of research brought to life through the diligence of first-person interviews....Here is a powerful message for us today--a reminder of what war really costs.--Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company In Kill Anything That Moves, Nick Turse has for the first time put together a comprehensive picture, written with mastery and dignity, of what American forces actually were doing in Vietnam. The findings disclose an almost unspeakable truth....Like a tightening net, the web of stories and reports drawn from myriad sources coalesces into a convincing, inescapable portrait of this war--a portrait that, as an American, you do not wish to see; that, having seen, you wish you could forget, but that you should not forget.Jonathan Schell, The Nation A masterpiece... Kill Anything That Moves is not only one of t --Various

L'autore:

Nick Turse is the author of The Complex, the managing editor for TomDispatch.com, and a fellow at the Nation Institute. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Nation, among other publications. Turse's investigations of American war crimes in Vietnam have gained him a Ridenhour Prize for Reportorial Distinction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a fellowship at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. He lives near New York City.

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• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1250045061
• ISBN 13: 9781250045065
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400