Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story [Hardcover]

Lieutenant William L. Calley (Author), John Sack (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1971

America's most infamous soldier tells all.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A haunting revelation of one man's uncertain and contradictory reactions to the Vietnam War." -- Time.

"A remarkable document." -- The Los Angeles Times.

"An extraordinary statement." -- The Wall Street Journal

About the Author

John Sack is a pioneer of Literary Journalism. "Great reportage," the New York Times. "One must go back to Orwell for appropriate comparisons," the Washington Post. "Funny, lunatic, savage, compassionate, moral, real, important," the Christian Science Monitor. "John Sack writes like a force of nature," Dan Rather, CBS News. "A marvelous maniac," Tom Wolfe.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 181 pages
• Publisher: Viking Adult; First Edition edition (September 15, 1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670428213
• ISBN-13: 978-0670428212
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,294,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must reader for Junior Officers, September 14, 2002

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Jeffrey W. Prowse "wombat46" (Huddleston, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story (Hardcover)

Quite possibly one of the most disturbing books I have ever read. Lt Calley rounded up, and then gunned down in cold blood women and children, that is a fact - he does not dispute that in this memior. His atempts to mitigate this behavior are incredible - the list of those to be held responsible begin with his subordinates and extend to "society". For junior Officers a case study in the need for moral courage and the horrific results of it's absence.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Leutenant Calley - an army product or a vicious killer?, April 23, 2003

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Bruno (Faro, Portugal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story (Hardcover)

Very raw book. The reader gets to know leutenant Calley by reading his own words, while getting as well deepper in the bloody mess that was going on during the Vietnam war. It is also a good example of the problems veteran soldiers had to face after in the aftermath of the war. This is a good book to anyone interested in the Vietnam war. I can't believe I found it somewhere on a used book fair, and although it is a translation of the original english book, this is a report-style writen work is still one of my favorite war library books

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing yet brilliant, January 21, 2008

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Sam Bekett (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lieutenant Calley: His Own Story (Hardcover)

The most important on the My Lai massacre. Or perhap it's not even about that event. It's truly a most disturbing book. There have been numerous reviews that mentioned the disturbing and depressing nature of the book and yet gave it less than 5 stars. That's disingenuous. A book that disturbs and moves you is hard to find. This one will do just that. No, it won't make you sit up and cry "It's a wonderful life". The book drips with truth, truth from a disturbed young man, but at no time do you believe that you are getting anything less than that. If you skip this book, don't even both reading other Vietnam war books. You don't want to know the truth.