![]() Putting it together requires an occasional return to the closet to search for missing pieces among the shoes and slippers. It’s as though someone has spilled a jigsaw puzzle when taking it down from the closet shelf. And then the ending is totally satisfying.ĭeMille rarely tips his hand, preferring to surprise the reader - and maybe even himself - as various facets of the complicated tale come to light. The outcome is skillfully camouflaged until the final pages. Justice by whose definition? And will justice be served? That’s one of the finer aspects of this tightly structured novel. Even if we have to script it and fake it.” No cover-ups, no legal blunders, no undue command influence, no congressional whining, no journalistic Monday-morning quarterbacking. “Well, everything that General Peers said was wrong with that case, from beginning to end, will be right with this case. “You’ve read the Peers Commission report on My Lai, haven’t you?” says Chet Brown, a shadowy government representative. William Calley was punished for the crimes of many. It seems intent on redeeming itself for botching the My Lai prosecution, when only Lt. Of course, the Army doesn’t care about any of that. ![]() His point? Vietnam was a leech that sucked not only blood but morals and ethics from those who wallowed through the rice paddies of an unwinnable war. ![]() ![]() “Of course I didn’t say that (I thought you were innocent),” says Vincent Corva, Tyson’s feisty attorney. ![]()
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