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''National Guardian'', and ''Ramparts'') was critical of the war going back in some | ''National Guardian'', and ''Ramparts'') was critical of the war going back in some | ||
cases to the 1950s when troops were first deployed to Vietnam.{{sfn|Streitmatter|2001|p=184}} | cases to the 1950s when troops were first deployed to Vietnam.{{sfn|Streitmatter|2001|p=184}} | ||
One of the most damning charges in the book is the brutality perpetrated | |||
against the marchers, who were for the most part peacefully protesting; some | |||
protestors were “clubbed until they were broken and bloody."{{sfn|Zaroulis and Sullivan|1984|p=138}} The abuse was amplified by the fact that it often went unreported. | |||
For the reports of police violence, Mailer relies upon outside sources | |||
because he had been arrested early in the demonstration before most of the | |||
violence occurred. Yet he gains credibility when integrating outside witnesses | |||
and reportage into a book that was mostly reported from his standpoint,{{pg|485|486}} | |||
===Citations=== | ===Citations=== | ||