Reviews

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

steyn0's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

stargirlmolly's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

icecoldkarl's review

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.75

hannahproctor's review

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

3.75

frogggyyyyy's review

5.0

finally decided to pick this up after watching A24's Civil War and it really just cemented the brutalities of war. Admittedly, I knew very little about the Vietnam War before reading this but I was shocked at the consistent stream of atrocities commited by the US throughout the war. If you thought the extent of the US massacres in Vietnam stopped at the My Lai massacre, pick this up. It's a brutal read full of disgusting actions taken by the US army from the soldiers taking orders, all the way up the chain to the generals giving these orders, to the government and press covering up these war crimes. Hard but necessary read to combat the US propaganda of the Vietnam War, referred to by Vietnam as the American War.

flynnjk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

If you want to learn about the horror of Vietnam this is a must read. So sad that humans can be so mean and heartless towards others!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Violence, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Body horror, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Torture, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, and War

rmccannksu's review

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

5.0

jameslucpicante's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

3.75

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

s___'s review against another edition

5.0

Every American should be required to read this book. Revealing and devastating.