The Vietnam War on Trial : : the My Lai Massacre and the Court-Martial of Lieutenant Calley
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Going to hell -- Lieutenant Calley -- Charlie Company's war -- Massacre at My Lai -- Cover-up -- Charged with murder -- Reaction -- Court-martialed -- Defenseless -- An unlikely hero -- "Others that participated ... or condoned the bloody act ..." -- "Hasn't he suffered enough?"
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.
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PUBLISHED
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2002.
Year Published: 2002
Description: xiv, 298 p. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0700612114
9780700612116
0700612122
9780700612123
SUBJECTS
Calley, William Laws, -- 1943- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.
Trials (Murder)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Atrocities.
My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968.