Tiger Force a true story of men and war

The true story of the seven-month rampage of an elite army unit in Vietnam, an experiment gone terribly wrong, is told from the viewpoints of the soldiers who tried to resist the descent into hell, and those who did not, and includes accounts from Vietnamese who witnessed the Tiger Force's rampages....

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Main Author: Sallah, Michael
Other Authors: Weiss, Mitch
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Little, Brown, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:The true story of the seven-month rampage of an elite army unit in Vietnam, an experiment gone terribly wrong, is told from the viewpoints of the soldiers who tried to resist the descent into hell, and those who did not, and includes accounts from Vietnamese who witnessed the Tiger Force's rampages. It is also the story of how these atrocities, covered up by the Army for decades, came to light at last through the heroic persistence of a few individuals who could not forget. Journalists Sallah and Weiss won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for their series in the Toledo Blade on the last great secret of the Vietnam War.--Adapted from publisher description.
Physical Description:xi, 403 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0316159972 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Michael Sallah and Mitch Weiss were co-authors of the Toledo Blade 's remarkable series on the Tiger Force massacre. Together, they won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for their Tiger Force stories. Sallah is currently the investigations editor for the Miami Herald . Weiss is now an editor with the Charlotte Observer .