Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange

Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange

"I died in Vietnam, but I didnâ€™t even know it," said a young Vietnam vet on the Today Show one morning in 1978, shocking viewers across the country. Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orangeâ€”the first book ever written on the effects of Agent Orangeâ€”tells this young vetâ€™s story and that of hundreds of thousands of other former American servicemen. During the war, the US sprayed an estimated 12 million gallons of Agent Orange on Vietnam, in order to defoliate close to 5 million acres of its land. "Had anyone predicted that millions of human beings exposed to Agent Orange/dioxin would get sick and die," scholar Fred A. Wilcox writes in the new introduction to his seminal book, "their warnings would have been dismissed as sci-fi fantasy or apocalyptic nonsense." Told in a gripping and compassionate narrative style that travels from the war in Vietnam to the war at home, and through portraits of many of the affected survivors, their families, and the doctors and scientists whose clinical experience and research gave the lie to the government whitewash, Waiting for an Army to Die tells a story that, thirty years later, continues to create new twists and turns for Americans still waiting for justice and an honest account of what happened to them. Vietnam has chosen August 10â€”the day that the US began spraying Agent Orange on Vietnamâ€”as Agent Orange Day, to commemorate all its citizens who were affected by the deadly chemical. The new second edition of Waiting for an Army to Die will be released upon the third anniversary of this day, in honor of all those whose families have suffered, and continue to suffer, from this tragedy.
Country USA
Brand Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer Seven Stories Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781609801366
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2011-09-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781609801366

Country	USA
Brand	Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer	Seven Stories Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781609801366
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2011-09-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781609801366

Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange

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