Description: America never fully recovered from nor forgot the grim day in 1968 when the soldiers of Charlie Company killed almost 400 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. Introducing the most controversial event of the Vietnam War, this brief history examines the massacre and its cover-up and discusses the ramifications the ensuing investigation had for the public, policymakers, and the anti-war movement. Eight topical chapters reprint 70 primary documents, drawn primarily from testimony and reports of General Peers' inquiry into the incident, to chronicle the events leading up to, during, and after the massacre. An introductory essay places the carnage within the larger context of the war and considers the issues of culpability and human rights it engendered. Photographs, a glossary, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index are also included.

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