By Peter Sills
Originally brought by way of Dow and different chemical businesses as a herbicide within the usa and followed by way of the army as a style of deforesting the battle area of Vietnam, with the intention to deny the enemy conceal, Agent Orange additionally stumbled on its approach into the platforms of various active-duty squaddies. Sills argues that brands understood the hazards of this compound and did not anything to guard American soldiers.
Toxic War takes the reader behind the curtain into the halls of political energy and undefined, the place the debates in regards to the use of Agent Orange and its power uncomfortable side effects raged. in any case, the one method those veterans may well search justice was once within the court docket of legislation and public opinion. unheard of in its entry to felony, clinical, and govt documentation, in addition to to the private stories of veterans, Toxic War endeavors to discover both sides of this epic battle.
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