Reviews

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

frogggyyyyy's review against another edition

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.

molly_vi0let's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

baffledborealis's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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: Colonisation, Child death, Rape, Violence, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Physical abuse, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Gore, Misogyny, Body horror, Sexual assault, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Murder, Genocide, Death, and Child abuse

eiwex's review

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: Torture, Pedophilia, War, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Rape, Racism, Suicide, and Racial slurs