Historian of empire, violence and atrocity photography - currently writing about the My Lai Massacre.
Latest book on Bud Dajo:
'Massacre in the Clouds - An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History' (PublicAffairs, 2024)
London - Wylie Agency
Kim A. Wagner
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Dear Americans - as a historian of atrocity, and of racialised violence and trophy-taking in particular, I would say that this is...how should I put it...problematic?!? 🤔
Someone really ought to write a book about this My Lai thing, huh?
I was composing this in my head: jacobin.com/2026/04/my-l...
Kim A. Wagner
Kim A. Wagner
Reading Robert Jay Lifton on My Lai is such a frustrating experience. He has some good things to say - but he appears never to have heard of individual agency or responsibility?!? People just wander into 'atrocity-inducing situations' through no fault of their own and end up doing a massacre...🤷🏼♂️
Kim A. Wagner
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Michael Vann: Orca 5th Columnist
The director's 1986 suspense classic has been remastered and remixed for 'Manhunter: The Final Cut,' which will premiere this summer.
Last month, Vietnam marked the 58th anniversary of the Mỹ Lai massacre, when US soldiers killed hundreds of defenseless civilians. US public memory largely ignores the history of atrocities like Mỹ La...
Has Hegseth finished that “investigation” of what happened on the bombing of the elementary school where all those kids are killed?
Americans talked about My Lai for years. Decades. Now nothing seems to matter anymore and we just move on.
When do we get the findings from that?
