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Based on classified documents and first-person interviews, a startling history of the American war on Vietnamese civilians The American Empire Project Winner of the Ridenhour Prize for Reportorial Distinction Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by just a few "bad apples." But as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this groundbreaking investigation, violence against Vietnamese noncombatants was not at all exceptional during the conflict. Rather, it was pervasive and systematic, the predictable consequence of official orders to "kill anything that moves." Drawing on more than a decade of research into secret Pentagon archives and extensive interviews with American veterans and Vietnamese survivors, Turse reveals for the first time the workings of a military machine that resulted in millions of innocent civilians killed and wounded--what one soldier called "a My Lai a month." Devastating and definitive, Kill Anything That Moves finally brings us face-to-face with the truth of a war that haunts America to this day.

""Dispárale a todo lo que se mueva" probablemente cambie para siempre la concepción de la guerra de Vietnam. Mediante un meticuloso trabajo de investigación documental, el periodista Nick Turse demuestra con claridad que las masacres y atrocidades cometidas contra poblaciones civiles no fueron de ningún modo accidentales, sino que formaban parte de una estrategia militar detallada y cuidadosa. Entre otras cosas, Turse prueba que Vietnam fue la puesta en práctica de principios del management empresarial a la guerra, y que en lugar de maximizar beneficios se trataba de maximizar muertes, hasta el punto de que los pelotones llegaban a buscar incrementar su conteo de muertos en aras de conseguir promociones y condecoraciones. Lejos de ser una simple aventura fallida, para Turse la guerra de Vietnam marcó el comienzo de una nueva forma de hacer la guerra, cuyos efectos sobre la política internacional y el acomodo de fuerzas en el tablero del mundo siguen presente hasta nuestros días."--Cubierta

In fast-paced and dramatic fashion, Turse reveals the harsh reality of modern warfare in the developing world.

The Pentagon works with Hollywood to develop new robot weapons systems, and encourages Hollywood to glorify and sanitise military violence.

Investigative journalist and bestselling author Nick Turse exposes the shocking expansion of the U.S. military's covert wars in Africa.

Following the failures of the Iraq and Afghan wars, as well as "military lite" methods and counterinsurgency, the Pentagon is pioneering a new brand of global warfare predicated on special ops, drones, spy games, civilian soldiers, and cyberwarfare. It may sound like a safer, saner war-fighting. In reality, it will prove anything but, as Turse's pathbreaking reportage makes clear.

Als am 12. Juli 2013 das schrille Signal einer Bootsmannpfeife erklang, versammelte sich in einem kargen Gebäude auf der US-Militärbasis im deutschen Böblingen Offi ziere militärischer Eliteeinheiten. Auf einer Bühne vor einer enormen amerikanischen Flagge nahmen Captain Robert Smith, Kommandeur der Naval Special Warfare Group Two, Captain J. Dane Thorleifson, der aus dem Amt scheidende Kommandeur der Naval Special Warfare Unit Ten, und sein Nachfolger Captain Jay Richards am feierlichen Wechsel des Befehlshabers teil, einer altehrwürdigen Marinetradition. Vor einer kleinen Ansammlung uniformierter Militärangehöriger und ein paar Zivilpersonen sprachen diese Männer, alle Angehörige des Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA), über etwas, das nur selten in der Öffentlichkeit thematisiert wird – über verdeckte US-Militäroperationen in Afrika.