Four Hours in My Lai

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On sale Mar 01, 1993 | 464 Pages | 9780140177091
Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

Uncovering the secrets behind the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, this is "a brutal, cautionary tale that serves as a painful reminder of the worst that can happen in war."—Chicago Tribune.
Michael Bilton is a veteran British investigative journalist who has worked for the London Sunday Times and Yorkshire Television, a documentary film company. His documetary film Four Hours in My Lai garnered an International Emmy Award for Best Documentary. Bilton has also taught journalism at universities in Great Britain, the United States, and Denmark. View titles by Michael Bilton
Kevin Sim is a British documentary filmmaker whose credits include Once Upon a Time in Iran, The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall, and Four Hours in My Lai, which won an International Emmy Award for Best Documentary. View titles by Kevin Sim
Four Hours in My Lai - Michael Bilton and Kevin Sim Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Maps
1. Introduction
2. The War
3. The Company
4. My Lai, March 16, 1968: AM
5. My Lai, March 16, 1968: PM
6. Aftermath
7. Investigation
8. Fallout
9. Vietnam Revisited
10. The Judgment of Peers
11. ...And Justice for All
12. Final Chapter
Chronology
Notes on Sources
Notes on the Text
Bibliography
Index

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Uncovering the secrets behind the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, this is "a brutal, cautionary tale that serves as a painful reminder of the worst that can happen in war."—Chicago Tribune.

Author

Michael Bilton is a veteran British investigative journalist who has worked for the London Sunday Times and Yorkshire Television, a documentary film company. His documetary film Four Hours in My Lai garnered an International Emmy Award for Best Documentary. Bilton has also taught journalism at universities in Great Britain, the United States, and Denmark. View titles by Michael Bilton
Kevin Sim is a British documentary filmmaker whose credits include Once Upon a Time in Iran, The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall, and Four Hours in My Lai, which won an International Emmy Award for Best Documentary. View titles by Kevin Sim

Table of Contents

Four Hours in My Lai - Michael Bilton and Kevin Sim Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Maps
1. Introduction
2. The War
3. The Company
4. My Lai, March 16, 1968: AM
5. My Lai, March 16, 1968: PM
6. Aftermath
7. Investigation
8. Fallout
9. Vietnam Revisited
10. The Judgment of Peers
11. ...And Justice for All
12. Final Chapter
Chronology
Notes on Sources
Notes on the Text
Bibliography
Index

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