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Podcast: A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Episode: HOW MEMORIES OF MY LAI INFLUENCED MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM
Description: There is one thing for the event to occur; but the manner in which it was handled was more institutionally damning.
In a follow-up to his article published in WAR ROOM in June, Richard Lacquement sits down with WAR ROOM Editor-in-Chief Andrew A. Hill to go over the aftermath of My Lai as it continues to influence Army professionalism today. The atrocities highlighted significant institutional problems across the Army. For example, a damning 1970 U.S. Army War College study exposed numerous morale and careerism problems that contributed to an environment whereby more My Lai events were possible. How did the...