Kissinger’s Killing Fields

Interviews with more than 75 witnesses and survivors of U.S. military attacks and an exclusive archive of documents show that Henry Kissinger is responsible for even more civilian deaths in Cambodia than was previously known.

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Blood on His Hands

Exclusive witness interviews and archival documents detail killings of hundreds of Cambodian civilians. Nick Turse

Members of a Cambodian family in the ruins of their home near Neak Luong August 7, 1973. It was destroyed on August 6 in misdirected U.S. bombing raid. (AP Photo)

Notorious 1973 Attack Killed Many More Than Previously Known

Long-buried documents indicate that the true number of civilian casualties in the bombing of Neak Luong may have been nearly twice the official tally. Nick Turse

A section of the rubber plantation town of Snoul, Cambodia, smolders in early May 1970, after nearly 90 percent of the town was destroyed in air strikes and heavy fighting between U.S. forces and North Vietnamese troops. By May 6, the U.S. 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment occupied the town. (AP Photo/Henri Huet)

U.S. Blamed the Press for Military Looting in Cambodia

Any theft “was done by civilian reporters in their wandering about the village,” according to a previously unrevealed Army investigation. Nick Turse

WASHINGTON, D.C. - AUGUST 25: SIXTY MINUTES episode with Henry Kissinger (walking at left) and the President of the United States of America, Richard M. Nixon. Image. dated August 25, 1970. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)

Transcripts of Kissinger’s Calls Reveal His Culpability

They expose Nixon’s policymaking, Kissinger’s key role, and how so many Cambodians came to be killed by U.S. aircraft. Nick Turse