Anatomy of US and South Korean Massacres in the Vietnamese Year of the Monkey, 1968
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2132223 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heonik Kwon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466007021286 |
| OpenAlex | W4410181456 |
| Language | EN |
What happened in My Lai in March 1968 is remembered in the outside world as one of the most tragic episodes of the Vietnam War. However this was not an isolated event and should be considered in relation to other similar incidents of mass civilian killings. This essay investigates the Vietnam War's history of village massacres, including those by US forces and South Korean forces, and how these catastrophic events are remembered in the affected communities
Geography · Linguistics · Vietnamese · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Anatomy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |