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020 _a9781558499751
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035 _a(OCoLC)794709389
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_z(OCoLC)842282432
037 _bUniv of Massachusetts Pr, C/O Hopkins Fullfilment Services Po Box 50370, Baltimore, MD, USA, 21211-4370
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100 1 _aMartini, Edwin A.,
_d1975-
245 1 0 _aAgent Orange :
_bhistory, science, and the politics of uncertainty /
_cEdwin A. Martini.
260 _aAmherst :
_bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,
_c
300 _axvi, 302 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
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336 _acartographic image
_bcri
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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490 1 _aCulture, politics, and the cold war
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-289) and index.
505 0 _aList of abbreviations and acronyms -- Introduction: approaching Agent Orange -- Only you can prevent forests: the chemical war and the illusion of control -- Hearts, minds, and herbicides: the politics of the chemical war -- Incinerating Agent Orange: dioxin, disposal, and the environmental imaginary -- The politics of uncertainty: science, policy, and the state -- "All those others so unfortunate": Vietnam and the global legacies of the chemical war -- Conclusion: Agent Orange and the limits of science and history.
520 _a"Taking on what one former U.S. ambassador called "the last ghost of the Vietnam War," this book examines the far-reaching impact of Agent Orange, the most infamous of the dioxin-contaminated herbicides used by American forces in Southeast Asia. Beginning in the early 1960s, when chemical defoliants were first deployed in Vietnam, Edwin A. Martini looks for answers to a host of still unresolved questions. What did chemical manufacturers and American policymakers know about the effects of dioxin on human beings, and when did they know it? How much do scientists and doctors know even today? Was the use of Agent Orange a form of chemical warfare? What can, and should, be done for U.S. veterans, Vietnamese victims, and others around the world who believe they have medical problems caused by Agent Orange? Martini draws on military and government records, scientific research, visits to contaminated sites, and personal interviews to disentangle conflicting claims and evaluate often ambiguous evidence. Yet for all the answers it provides, this book also reveals how much uncertainty-scientific, medical, legal, and political-continues to surround the legacy of Agent Orange."--Back cover.
650 0 _aVietnam War, 1961-1975
_xChemical warfare.
650 0 _aAgent Orange
_xWar use.
650 0 _aAgent Orange
_xToxicology.
650 0 _aAgent Orange
_xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 _aVeterans
_xDiseases
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aVeterans
_xDiseases
_zAustralia.
650 7 _aVietnamkrieg
_2gnd
650 7 _aChemischer Krieg
_2gnd
650 7 _aAgent Orange
_2gnd
651 7 _aUSA
_2gnd
650 7 _aGuerre du Vietnam, 1961-1975
_xGuerre Chimique.
_2ram
650 7 _aAgent Orange
_xGuerre.
_2ram
650 7 _aAgent Orange
_xToxicologie.
_2ram
650 7 _aAgent Orange
_xEnvironnement.
_2ram
650 7 _aAgent Orange
_xToxicology.
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_0(OCoLC)fst00800212
650 7 _aAgent Orange
_xWar use.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00800213
650 7 _aChemical warfare.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00853231
650 7 _aVeterans
_xDiseases.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01165718
651 7 _aAustralia.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01204543
651 7 _aUnited States.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01204155
647 7 _aVietnam War
_d(1961-1975)
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01431664
648 7 _a1961-1975
_2fast
830 0 _aCulture, politics, and the Cold War.
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