Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse

11 reviews

lizandlibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

elizo9's review against another edition

challenging dark informative

4.5

Reading how the United States army systematically continued to create task forces that obfuscated evidence seeing the first and last names of men who committed these crimes and received no punishment was haunting. I see many men wearing Vietnam veteran hats, and now thinking back I wonder if they regret any similar actions they took. If they are haunted like many of the men who attempted to testify. If they see it as justifiable still. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

errie's review against another edition

dark informative

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

courtney_scott1025's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

5.0

Man, this was probably the best book to truly learn about the US’s atrocities in Vietnam, but it is so very difficult to get through. This one took awhile. Every trigger warning possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

princxporkchop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Crucial for understanding the scope of the Vietnam War and just how far the US government went to cover up war crimes. A truly haunting read that traces the lineage of colonialism and imperialism to present day with the rhetoric surrounding Israel’s and the west’s genocide in Palestine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lupexrosa's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

I knew some of the atrocities that happened during the American War in Vietnam but reading this made me realize just how ignorant the American public is about foreign wars- especially in the 20th century. Nothing, I repeat, nothing is more disgusting than the repugnant, inhuman glee that men have at any chance to have unchecked power over someone they think is lower than them. I will never look at a veteran from that war the same ever again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

linda_elaine's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

kvdiesel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and War

xoxojaydub's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

ehmannky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

A deep dive look at the horrific actions of so many Americans in Vietnam, which includes but isn’t limited to mass murder, torture, and a prolific culture of rape. Its a really heavy book and it’s amazing that the legacy of this war, despite having testimony from veterans that this all happened, has been so thoroughly sanitized that we’re trained as Americans to empathize with the soldiers that did horrendous things rather than their victims. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail