Dead or Alive

Written by Bernie Weisz Historian/Vietnam War June 13, 2010 Pembroke Pines, Florida e mail address: [email protected] title of review: "Military Men Are Dumb, Stupid Animals To Be Used As Pawns For Foreign Policy"This review is from Robert Pelton's new edition of: " Unwanted Dead or Alive: The Greatest Act of Treason in Our History -- the Betrayal of American POWs Following World War 11, Korea and Vietnam" Henry Kissinger was born in Fuerth, Germany and came to the United States in 1938 and was naturalized a United States citizen in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1950 and received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University in 1952 and 1954. Furthermore, he was sworn in on September 22, 1973, as the 56th Secretary of State in the Richard Nixon Administration, a position he held until January 20, 1977. He also served as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 20, 1969, until November 3, 1975. However, in Robert Pelton's new book "Unwanted Dead or Alive", Kissinger (referred to as "Bor") is quoted as making the statement: "Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy". Robert Pelton angrily writes of the unjust betrayal of American prisoners of war following W. W. II (1939-1945) the Korean conflict (1950 and 1953) and especially the Vietnam War. American involvement in Vietnam is historically viewed from the "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" of August 4th, 1964 to the signing of the "Paris Peace Accords" on January nth, 1973. South Vietnam ultimately fell into Communist control at the end of April, 1975. However, Henry Kissinger was a key player in America's exist strategy of this highly unpopular war. After the "My Lai Massacre" occurred, America's days in Vietnam were numbered. A mass murder was perpetuated by a unit of the U.S. Army on March 16, 1968. Approximately 500 unarmed citizens in South Vietnam, all of whom were civilians and a majority of whom were women, children (including babies) and elderly people, were innocently killed. Allegedly, many of the victims were sexually abused, beaten, tortured, and some of the bodies were found mutilated. This notorious incident took place in the hamlet of My Lai. While 26 U.S. soldiers were initially charged with criminal offenses for their actions at My Lai, only William Calley, a lieutenant, was convicted. Serving only three years of an original life sentence while on house arres

שנה

2000

שפה

English

הוצאה

Authors Choice Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

208

ISBN

9780595132553

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