Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

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

17 reviews

mkgiri's review against another edition

dark informative

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, and War

aeudaimonia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and War

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

stargirlmolly's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

punk_flower_child's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

4.5

So heartbreaking, but so important. The author does a good job of describing the horrific events of what Americans did in the war without sounding clinical. I think this is an essential read, especially with the ongoing conflict in Palestine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

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

eiwex's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is a light in the misinformation perpetuated by the US government and sell out historians. As American citizens we should 1. Never thank but have service members grapple with this history and the atrocities they continue to commit 2. Learn this history ourselves and hold our country accountable, 3. Fight like hell against US imperialism. Fuck this country and fuck the US military. May it end during our time. Inshallah. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Trafficking, 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