“Turse’s book reminds us that the primary ‘tragedy of Vietnam’ was not that America somehow ‘lost its way’ in fighting an ill-advised war but rather that the war itself was a series of criminal acts perpetrated by the US government on the Vietnamese people. My characterization may sound strident to many today. Most Americans at the time certainly would have disagreed with it. Yet as the war dragged on, the number who recognized the war’s criminality grew inexorably. If you don’t already know the reason, Kill Anything That Moves will show you. And if you already do, this book will remind you why we must never forget what our country did to Vietnam.”
https://lareviewofbooks.org/review/a-nation-unhinged-the-grim-realities-of-the-real-american-war/