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Kill Anything That Moves

The Real American War in Vietnam

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Kill Anything That Moves

Auteur(s): Nick Turse
Narrateur(s): Don Lee
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Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were "isolated incidents" in the Vietnam War, carried out by a few "bad apples." However, as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this pioneering investigation, violence against Vietnamese civilians was not at all exceptional. Rather, it was pervasive and systematic, the predictable consequence of official orders to "kill anything that moves."

Drawing on a decade of research into secret Pentagon files and extensive interviews with American veterans and Vietnamese survivors, Turse reveals the policies and actions that resulted in millions of innocent civilians killed and wounded. He lays out in shocking detail the workings of a military machine that made crimes all but inevitable.

Kill Anything That Moves finally brings us face-to-face with the truth of a war that haunts America to this day.

©2013 Nick Turse. Recorded by arrangement with Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company, LLC. All rights reserved. (P)2013 HighBridge Company. Guerres et conflits Militaire Science militaire Guerre du Vietnam Guerre Japon impérial Force aérienne des États-Unis Force aérienne

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"A powerful case.... 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)
"A comprehensive picture, written with mastery and dignity, of what American forces actually were doing in Vietnam. 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." ( The Nation)
"Nick Turse's explosive, groundbreaking reporting uncovers the horrifying truth." ( Vanity Fair)
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This needs to be taught in schools as a way to respect those who have died from senseless killing and for those who have died trying to uncover the truth

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A book that fleshes out many of the horrific crimes committed by US soldiers in Vietnam. Hardly a great read, but a necessary one exposing how war brings out the evil in young men. From the Mai Lai massacre to lesser known acts of savagery Turse paints a vast portrait of a war dictated by body counts at any cost. Not so much a story as a ledger of disturbing behaviour and criminality run amok.

Brutally Honest History of US Atrocities

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Holy shit this review needs to be 15 words but I only have two: Holy Shit

Holy shit.

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