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A My Lai a Month: How the US Fought the Vietnam War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Nick Turse
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By the mid-1960s, the Mekong Delta, with its verdant paddies and canal-side hamlets, was the rice bowl of South Vietnam and home to nearly 6 million Vietnamese. It was also one of the most important revolutionary strongholds during the Vietnam War. Despite its military significance, State Department officials were “deeply concerned” about introducing a large number of US troops into the densely populated area, fearing that it would be impossible to limit civilian carnage.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 11 , November 2008 , e20
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