re: #57 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

I highly recommend James A. Michener’s book Kent State, What Happened and Why. Michener was already in his 60s at the time and primarily a fiction writer so he offers a little different perspective from many of the histories.
Among other things, he sheds some light on a now almost forgotten but especially odious aspect of the aftermath: The huge outpouring of right wing support for the Guard and the initially absurd official line. The infamous Hard Hat riots, instigated by Peter Brennan, who later became Nixon’s Secretary of Labor, occurred just 4 days later.
Wikipedia again

It was similar in many ways to the similarly forgotten public support for Lt. William Calley during and after his court martial for the My Lai massacre. Nixon’s base was actually ahead of him in justifying the incident, something we now see with Trump.

Very familiar with Michener’s book, thanks. Read it back many years ago, probably right after it came out. I try to read everything I come across regarding the Kent State shootings.