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The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about U.S. War Crimes
Nelson, Deborah
Published by Basic Books (AZ), 2008
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Synopsis: In 2005, Deborah Nelson joined forces with military historian Nick Turse to investigate an extraordinary archive: 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. Few civilians have seen the documents.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 in Vietnam. Torture of detainees was routine; so was the random killing of farmers in fields and women and children in villages. Punishment for these acts was either nonexistent or absurdly light. In most cases, no one was prosecuted at all.In
About the Author: Deborah Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Fulbright specialist in investigative reporting. She is based at Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland. She previously worked at the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Seattle Times and Chicago Sun-Times. Nelson wrote a critically acclaimed book, The War Behind Me (Basic Books 2008), on U.S. atrocities in Vietnam, the soldiers who tried to stop them, and the officials who covered them up. Most recently, she co-authored The Unequal State of America, a Reuters series on income inequality. Follow her @Newshawks.
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Title: The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront...
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
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