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The My Lai massacre of March 16, 1968 and the court martial of Lt. William Calley a year and a half later are among the bleakest episodes in American history and continue to provide a volatile focus for debates about the Vietnam War. Other books have exposed the facts surrounding the incident; <i>Facing My Lai</i> now examines its haunting legacy through a unique exchange of contemporary viewpoints. <p>This powerful book emerges from a stellar gathering of historians, military professionals, writers, mental health experts, and Vietnamese and American war veterans convened to memorialize the tragedy. The cast of prominent speakers included journalists Seymour Hersh and David Halberstam, novelist Tim O'Brien, psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton, military prosecutor William Eckhardt, and veterans Hugh Thompson and Ron Ridenhour—the two true heroes in the My Lai story. David Anderson's reflective recasting of their presentations creates an impassioned chorus of voices that demonstrates why this tragedy remains one of the key emblems of the American experience in Vietnam.</p> <p>These authors address many of the troubling questions that still persist about My Lai. Why had it been identified

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Author

What Really Happened?, Twenty-five Years After

Publisher

Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780700610570

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Science, History

Rating

4 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14