Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The My Lai Massacre and Operation Speedy Express: The History of the U.S. Army’s Most Controversial Operations during the Vietnam War

Længde
2T 3M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Historie

The Vietnam War could have been called a comedy of errors if the consequences weren’t so deadly and tragic. In 1951, while war was raging in Korea, the United States began signing defense pacts with nations in the Pacific, intending to create alliances that would contain the spread of Communism. As the Korean War was winding down, America joined the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, pledging to defend several nations in the region from Communist aggression. One of those nations was South Vietnam.

The Vietnam War remains one of the most controversial events in American history, and it bitterly divided the nation in 1968, but it could have been far worse. That’s because, unbeknownst to most Americans that year, American forces had carried out the most notorious mass killing of the war that March. On March 16, perhaps as many as 500 Vietnamese villagers in the Son My village complex - men, women, and children - were killed by American soldiers in Task Force Barker. The worst of the violence, carried out by members of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry, occurred in a small village known locally as Xom Lang. On American maps, the location was marked as My Lai (4), and when news of the killings leaked into the American press over a year and a half later in November 1969, it was under that name that the incident became infamous as the “My Lai Massacre.”

The controversy surrounding Operation Speedy Express led to an investigation by the U.S. Army and the House Armed Services Committee. The Army was ultimately cleared of wrongdoing, but resistance to U.S. involvement in Vietnam continued to grow, and in the nearly 60 years since, modern historians have tried to uncover more about the controversial Speedy Express and whether it represented a massive war crime. Thus, even though it remains less well known than My Lai, the operation’s notoriety has started to grow in its own right recently.

© 2023 Charles River Editors (Lydbog): 9798868726132

Release date

Lydbog: 26. oktober 2023

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Vietnam: An Epic History of a Divisive War 1945-1975 Max Hastings
  2. Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The US Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam Gregg Jones
  3. Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 Max Hastings
  4. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East Michael B. Oren
  5. The Rise of the Republican Right: Economic and Social Conservatism Andrew E. Busch
  6. We Few: US Special Forces in Vietnam Nick Brokhausen
  7. The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World Catherine Nixey
  8. Whispers In The Tall Grass Nick Brokhausen
  9. Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union Vladislav M. Zubok
  10. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 Max Hastings
  11. The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia Mark Galeotti
  12. A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen―America’s Most Damaging Russian Spy Lis Wiehl
  13. The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World Douglas Valentine
  14. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe
  15. Three Minutes to Doomsday: An Agent, a Traitor, and the Worst Espionage Breach in U.S. History Joe Navarro
  16. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Christopher Clark
  17. The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour Rupert Colley
  18. Nam-Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Arthur Wiknik, Jr.
  19. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany William L. Shirer
  20. To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam Tom A. Johnson
  21. The Start of the Vietnam War: The History and Legacy of the Events that Began America’s Most Controversial War Charles River Editors
  22. The Cold War: History in an Hour Rupert Colley
  23. Hitler's Soldiers: The German Army in the Third Reich Ben H. Shepherd
  24. The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder Sean McFate
  25. Desert Fox: The Storied Military Career of Erwin Rommel Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.
  26. Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth Norman F. Cantor
  27. The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer John E. Douglas
  28. Hunting El Chapo: Taking down the world’s most-wanted drug-lord Andrew Hogan
  29. Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe
  30. Carmine the Snake: Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family Michael Benson
  31. Vietnam: A Tale of Two Tours James C. Mooney, Jr.
  32. The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace Paul Thomas Chamberlin
  33. The Six-Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East Guy Laron
  34. Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914-1921: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914 - 1921 Laura Engelstein
  35. Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine Owen Matthews
  36. Great State: China and the World Timothy Brook
  37. Creating the KGB and CIA: The Establishment of the World’s Most Famous Intelligence Agencies Charles River Editors
  38. Hanoi’s War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
  39. The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America Jim Sciutto
  40. We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia Hannes Wessels
  41. Eyes Behind the Lines: L Company Rangers in Vietnam, 1969 Gary A. Linderer
  42. The Guns of August Barbara W. Tuchman
  43. The Korean War: History in an Hour Andrew Mulholland
  44. Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character Jonathan Shay

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Prøv gratis