The My Lai Massacre in American History And Memory

This book examines the response of American society to the My Lai massacre and its ambiguous place in American national memory. The author argues that the massacre revelations left many Americans untroubled. It was only when the soldiers most immediately responsible came to be tried that opposition to the conflict grew, for these prosecutions were regarded by supporters of the war as evidence that the national leaders no longer had the will to do what was necessary to win.

Kendrick Oliver is Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Southampton.

List of illustrations * Preface * Maps * Introduction * Reporting atrocity * Containing culpability * Dispersing culpability * Abstracting culpability * Displacing the victims * Remembering atrocity * Conclusion * Select Bibliography
List of illustrations * Preface * Maps * Introduction * Reporting atrocity * Containing culpability * Dispersing culpability * Abstracting culpability * Displacing the victims * Remembering atrocity * Conclusion * Select Bibliography