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North Vietnam: A Documentary John Gerassi with a foreword by

Conor Cruise O'Brien (Allen and Unwin 45s). Mr Gerassi went to North Vietnam in 1966, for the International War Crimes Tribunal set up by the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, to investigate North Vietnamese atrocities—the intentional bombing of hospitals, schools and civilian living areas; the massacres of non-aligned peasant communi- ties; the use of hideous weaponry and tactics. He found the evidence supporting these claims to be overwhelming and it makes a horrifying record; an appendix details some of the devilish tortures habitually employed and the occasions when they have apparently been used