In this Book
- Toxic War: The Story of Agent Orange
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Vanderbilt University Press
Originally introduced by Dow and other chemical companies as a herbicide in the United States and adopted by the military as a method of deforesting the war zone of Vietnam, in order to deny the enemy cover, Agent Orange also found its way into the systems of numerous active-duty soldiers. Sills argues that manufacturers understood the dangers of this compound and did nothing to protect American soldiers.
Toxic War takes the reader behind the scenes into the halls of political power and industry, where the debates about the use of Agent Orange and its potential side effects raged. In the end, the only way these veterans could seek justice was in the court of law and public opinion. Unprecedented in its access to legal, medical, and government documentation, as well as to the personal testimonies of veterans, Toxic War endeavors to explore all sides of this epic battle.
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Introduction: One Statistic
- pp. 1-14
- 1: Techniques and Gadgets
- pp. 15-24
- 2: Trail Dust
- pp. 25-32
- 3: The Single Solution
- pp. 33-39
- 6: Ranch Hand
- pp. 52-57
- 7: Good Citizens
- pp. 58-68
- 9: The Rise and Fall of Ranch Hand
- pp. 77-84
- 10: Medicine from the Sky
- pp. 85-94
- 12: Activist Science
- pp. 102-108
- 13: Bionetics
- pp. 109-119
- 14: The End of Trail Dust
- pp. 120-128
- 15: Guinea Pigs
- pp. 129-141
- 16: Two and a Half Million Plaintiffs
- pp. 142-151
- 17: Politics and Epidemiology
- pp. 152-161
- 18: The Management Committee
- pp. 162-177
- 22: The Ongoing Cost of War
- pp. 219-226
- Epilogue: One Story
- pp. 227-228
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 267-268