<div><div><div>This book examines the response of American society to the My Lai massacre<br>and its ambiguous place in American national memory. The author argues that<br>the massacre revelations left many Americans untroubled. It was only when<br>the soldiers most immediately responsible came to be tried that opposition<br>to the conflict grew, for these prosecutions were regarded by supporters of<br>the war as evidence that the national leaders no longer had the will to do<br>what was necessary to win.</div></div></div>