The Good Guys: My Lai Massacre, Vietnam
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Power of Quantitative Analysis
Mac demero was a fervent believer in the power of quantitative analysis. He believed if he had enough information, enough metric the vinom war would become an equation that simply had to be cracked and won. To solve his equation macnamera wanted body counts, literal numerical breakdowns of how many v c were killed in each engagement. From the pristine halls of the pentagon, it just seemed like good record keeping. But in the jungles and paddies of vit nam, it became a direct insentivization for ram unrestricted murder.
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