Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty

by Edwin A. Martini

Book Overview

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. Edwin A. Martini's aim is not simply to reconstruct the history of the "chemical war" but to investigate the ongoing controversy over the short- and long-term effects of weaponized defoliants on the environment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155849975X
• ISBN13: 9781558499751
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.4"