Connecting the Mỹ Lai Massacre and Milgram's Obedience Studies
Always check your sources: sometimes, some stories are too good to be true
wrote a brilliant and clear-eyed piece on the massacre at Mỹ Lai - link below.
In 1968, American soldiers entered the village of Mỹ Lai and killed more than 500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, including women, children, and elderly people. The soldiers involved in the massacre claimed they were following orders to eliminate Viet Cong members in the area…
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