War Crimes in Vietnam

By Bertrand Russell and russell bertrand

Book Overview

In this harsh and unsparing book, Bertrand Russell presents the unvarnished truth about the war in Vietnam. He argues that "To understand the war, we must understand America"-and, in doing so, we must understand that racism in the United States created a climate in which it was difficult for Americans to understand what they were doing in Vietnam. According to Russell, it was this same racism that provoked "a barbarous, chauvinist outcry when American pilots who have bombed hospitals, schools, dykes, and civilian centres are accused of committing war crimes." Even today, more than forty years later, this chauvinist moral blindness permitted John McCain to run for President effectively unchallenged when he gloried in his exploits in bombing the Vietnamese.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853450587
• ISBN13: 9780853450580
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"