My Lai: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History & Culture) [Paperback]

James S. Olson (Author), Randy Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0312142277 | ISBN-13: 978-0312142278 | Edition: First Edition

The massacre at My Lai on March 16, 1968 continues to haunt students of the Vietnam War as a moment that challenges notions of American virtue. James Olson and Randy Roberts have combed unpublished testimony and gather a collection of eyewitness accounts from those who were at My Lai and reports from those who investigated the incident and its cover-up.

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"My Lai impresses me both with the editors' exhaustive and extensive efforts to document the...massacre and its implications and, especially, with the superb introduction--one of the most graceful and potent pieces of historical writing I have come across in recent years. This volume will certainly make a valuable contribution to...modern U.S. history."

About the Author

James S. Olson is a Distinguished Professor ofHistory at Sam houston State University. He is a historian of recent U.S. history as well as popular culture. He also has a special interest in Vietnam and has edited the Dictionary of the Vietnam War (19988) and written The Vietnam War: Handbook of the Literature and Research (1993) and, with Randy Roberts, Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam, Second Edition (1996). Olson is the author of many other books and articles, including The Ethnic Dimenion in American History, Second Edition (1995); Saving Capitalism (1988); amd, with Randy Roberts, John Wayne: American (1995).

Randy Roberts is professor of history at Purdue University. His primary research areas are sports and popular culture within the larger context of recent American histroy. He is an award-winning biographer and is highly visible in the field of post-1945 American history. Among his more important books are Heavy Justice: The State of Indiana v. Michael G. Tyson (1994); Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler (1979); and Papa Jack: Jack Johnson and the Era of White Hopes (1983). Roberts has served frequently as a consultant for PBS News, HBO, and the History Channel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's; First Edition edition (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312142277
• ISBN-13: 978-0312142278
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read of a controversial topic, February 6, 2010

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James Olson does it again. Distinguished professor and author of a variety of books on John Wayne, the Alamo, breast cancer, sports, Indian rights, etc., Olson clearly sifts the wheat from the chaff and tells us what really happened in the Viet Nam war's worst massacre.

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