Kill Anything That Moves cover art

Kill Anything That Moves

The Real American War in Vietnam

 Preview

Audible Standard 1-month free trial

Auto-renews at $8.99/mo + applicable tax after 30-day trial. Cancel Anytime
Try for $0.00
More purchase options

Kill Anything That Moves

Written by: Nick Turse
Narrated by: Don Lee
Try for $0.00

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $19.34

Buy Now for $19.34

Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were "isolated incidents" in the Vietnam War, carried out by a few "bad apples." However, as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this pioneering investigation, violence against Vietnamese civilians was not at all exceptional. Rather, it was pervasive and systematic, the predictable consequence of official orders to "kill anything that moves."

Drawing on a decade of research into secret Pentagon files and extensive interviews with American veterans and Vietnamese survivors, Turse reveals the policies and actions that resulted in millions of innocent civilians killed and wounded. He lays out in shocking detail the workings of a military machine that made crimes all but inevitable.

Kill Anything That Moves finally brings us face-to-face with the truth of a war that haunts America to this day.

©2013 Nick Turse. Recorded by arrangement with Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company, LLC. All rights reserved. (P)2013 HighBridge Company. Military Military Science Wars & Conflicts Vietnam War War Imperial Japan US Air Force Air Force
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1

What the critics say

"A powerful case.... With superb narrative skill, he spotlights a troubling question: Why, with all the evidence collected by the military at the time of the war, were atrocities not prosecuted?" ( Washington Post)
"A comprehensive picture, written with mastery and dignity, of what American forces actually were doing in Vietnam. A convincing, inescapable portrait of this war - a portrait that, as an American, you do not wish to see; that, having seen, you wish you could forget, but that you should not forget." ( The Nation)
"Nick Turse's explosive, groundbreaking reporting uncovers the horrifying truth." ( Vanity Fair)
All stars
Most Relevant
This needs to be taught in schools as a way to respect those who have died from senseless killing and for those who have died trying to uncover the truth

Unparalleled detail

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A book that fleshes out many of the horrific crimes committed by US soldiers in Vietnam. Hardly a great read, but a necessary one exposing how war brings out the evil in young men. From the Mai Lai massacre to lesser known acts of savagery Turse paints a vast portrait of a war dictated by body counts at any cost. Not so much a story as a ledger of disturbing behaviour and criminality run amok.

Brutally Honest History of US Atrocities

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Holy shit this review needs to be 15 words but I only have two: Holy Shit

Holy shit.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.