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Scorched earth : legacies of chemical warfare in Vietnam / Fred A. Wilcox ; photographs by Brendan B. Wilcox.
Van Pelt Library RA1242.T44 W55 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilcox, Fred A. (Fred Allen)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agent Orange--Health aspects--Vietnam.
- Agent Orange.
- Agent Orange--Environmental aspects--Vietnam.
- Chemical warfare--Health aspects--Vietnam.
- Chemical warfare.
- Chemical warfare--Environmental aspects--Vietnam.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Chemical warfare.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Chemical Warfare--history.
- Dioxins--adverse effects.
- Herbicides--adverse effects.
- Vietnam Conflict.
- Vietnam.
- Agent Orange--Health aspects.
- Chemical warfare--Environmental aspects.
- Chemical warfare--Health aspects.
- Medical Subjects:
- Chemical Warfare--history.
- Dioxins--adverse effects.
- Herbicides--adverse effects.
- Vietnam Conflict.
- Vietnam.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- A Seven Stories Press 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Seven Stories Press, ©2011.
- Summary:
- "Scorched Earth is the first book to chronicle the effects of chemical warfare on the Vietnamese people and their environment, where, even today, more than 3 million people--including 500,000 children--are sick and dying from birth defects, cancer, and other illnesses that can be directly traced to Agent Orange/dioxin exposure."--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Ecocide
- Transformations
- Promises
- Sprayed and betrayed
- A lucky man
- Generations
- Jurisprudence
- The last family
- The realm
- Free fire zone
- Chemical children
- Evidence room
- Letters don't lie.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781609801380
- 1609801385
- OCLC:
- 693809379
- Publisher Number:
- 99994262612
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