The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth About U.S. War Crimes
Nelson, Deborah
ISBN 10: 0465005276 ISBN 13: 9780465005277
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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 The War Behind Me Deborah Nelson goes beyond the documents and talks with many of those who were involved, both accusers and accused, to uncover their stories and learn how they deal with one of the most awful secrets of the Vietnam War.
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Deborah Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize? winning journalist currently at the University of Maryland College of Journalism as the Carnegie Visiting Professor. A former president of Investigative Reporters and Editors, she serves on the board of the Fund for Investigative Journalism and as president of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. She lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.
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Title: The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront...
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
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ISBN 10: 0465005276
ISBN 13: 9780465005277
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. [8], 296 pages. Includes Introduction, Acknowledgments, Notes, Appendix A, Appendix B, and Index. Inscribed by the author on fep. Inscription reads: For Shibly, May the truth make us free. Deborah Nelson. Deborah Nelson is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and the Associate Professor of Investigative Reporting at the University of Maryland. Previously, she was the Washington investigations editor for the Los Angeles Times, a reporter for The Washington Post and a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. In 1997, Nelson won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for her work, exposing "widespread corruption and inequities in the federally-sponsored housing program for Native Americans, which inspired reforms." She received acclaim for her book, The War Behind Me, which investigates declassified Army papers on Vietnam-era war crimes and uncovers the lives of soldiers who were witness to the crimes. This book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Deborah Nelson and military historian Nicholas Turse describes their search for answers from the U.S. soldiers accused of committing atrocities against unarmed civilians in Vietnam, the witnesses who reported them, and the higher-ups who covered them up. 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. Punishment for these acts was either nonexistent or absurdly light. In "The War Behind Me" Nelson goes beyond the documents and talks with many who were involved, both accusers and accused, to uncover their stories and learn how they deal with their aftermath of the Vietnam War. Seller Inventory # 79106
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