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War Crimes: Part I
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Item Title War Crimes: Part I
Guest Bruce, Collot
Guest Winston, Mark
Guest Van den Haag, Ernest
Guest Winship, Mike
Guest Hersh, Seymour M.
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedJuly 07, 1971
Description

This high-energy exchange sometimes has everyone talking, or shouting, at once-and the guests in "War Crimes, Part II" (#S9) take serious issue with some of what Mr. Hersh says-but this show does give us a window on the opposing positions on war in general and Vietnam in particular. SH: "The fact is, they're dying. And I can't make up my mind. You know, the more you know about some of these officers and some of the, certainly about the enlisted men, it's really hard to say whether something- You know, Calley was guilty of murder, certainly. But I think the premeditation, perhaps, was in the White House or in the Pentagon. And, you know, I'll leave it there...." EvdH: "You said before that it doesn't make much difference to a man who is killed whether he is killed by accident or by design. You're perfectly right: he's dead in both cases. But the law for the last five thousand years has made a difference whether you kill a man by some accident that you couldn't avoid, whether you kill him by negligence, or whether you kill him by intent."

Language(s)
Country of Origin
Place RecordedWashington, District of Columbia, United States
DimensionsDuration: 59 minutes, 40 seconds
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0007
Record Number80040.252
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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