Book ID: CBB001320939

Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty (2012)

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Martini, Edwin A. (Author)


University of Massachusetts Press


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: xvi + 302 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

"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.

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Authors & Contributors
Kurtulmus, A Faik
Irzik, Gürol
Benjamin W. Goossen
Johnson, Alison F.
Widmalm, Sven
Weiner, Sharon K.
Concepts
Government sponsored science
Science and government
Science and politics
Public policy
Science and war; science and the military
Cold War
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Vietnam
Russia
Sweden
Oceanic Islands
France
Institutions
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
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