My Lai Massacre Analysis
This investigation assesses to what extent the ‘My Lai massacre’ is representative of the
American experience in the Vietnam War. This subject initially aroused my attention because of the numerous different accounts of My Lai, none of which are consistent with each other.
Therefore within these inconsistency and distortions of the ‘truth’ I will evaluate how these horrific events and subsequent civilian reaction may or may not represent other experiences and actions of American soldiers and civilians. The initial report and photographic evidence are used as sources to investigate this with an evaluation of their origins, purpose, values and limitations. I then go on to analyse different historians views of My Lai and American experience with
American experience in the Vietnam War. This subject initially aroused my attention because of the numerous different accounts of My Lai, none of which are consistent with each other.
Therefore within these inconsistency and distortions of the ‘truth’ I will evaluate how these horrific events and subsequent civilian reaction may or may not represent other experiences and actions of American soldiers and civilians. The initial report and photographic evidence are used as sources to investigate this with an evaluation of their origins, purpose, values and limitations. I then go on to analyse different historians views of My Lai and American experience with