San Antonio College Library

One of the Vietnam War's Darkest Chapters. What drove a company of American soldiers--ordinary young men from all across the country--to commit the worst atrocity in American military history? Were they "just following orders" as some later declared? Or, did they crumble under the pressure of a vicious war in which the line between enemy soldier and civilian had been intentionally blurred? In an exploration of the morality of actions taken in the...

On March 16, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, American soldiers killed 504 unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai. After a brief overview of the war and the home front backlash against it, this program seeks to understand the massacre and its aftermath through the interwoven narratives of three U.S. soldiers-radioman Fred Widmer, helicopter crewman Larry Colburn, and photographer Ron Haeberle-who were present on that horrific day. The first...

On March 16, 1968, American soldiers killed as many as five hundred Vietnamese men, women, and children in a village near the South China Sea. In this book the author explores and evaluates the significance of this horrific event. How could such a thing have happened? Who (or what) should be held accountable? How do we remember this atrocity and try to apply its lessons, if any? The My Lai massacre has fixed the attention of Americans of various political...

A biography of the man who was Premier of the Chinese People's Republic from its inception in 1949 until his death in 1976.