An edition of The Vietnam War on Trial (2002)
The Vietnam War on Trial
The My Lai Massacre and the Court-Martial of Lieutenant Calley (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)
By Michal R. Belknap
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Publish Date
November 2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Language
eng
Pages
272
Description:
Unfolding the Calley case step by step, Belknap shows how our system of military justice actually works. His dramatic reenactment takes readers through every stage of the trial, from pre-trial investigations to actual courtroom exchanges among prosecutors, defenders, witnesses, and judges. In the process, he reveals how a court-martial conducted within the public eye transformed a purely legal proceeding into a political debate about the conduct of the war. Calley.