nt in the
             My Lai massacre--he weights the body and the boat so they sink to the
             The book contrasts the supposed scene of the killing of Kathy with
             the recalled scene of the My Lai massacre. The latter might seem to be a
             personal aberration, but in fact is it presented as if it were only one
             more example of government policy in that war. For men like Wade, though,
             the reality of why My Lai occurred is less important than their own
             participation, than their own loss of a moral center so that they were able
             ...