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Author Martini, Edwin A., 1975-

Title Agent Orange : history, science, and the politics of uncertainty / Edwin A. Martini.

Publication Info. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2012]
©2012

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.179 MARTINI    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 302 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Series Culture, politics, and the cold war
Culture, politics, and the Cold War.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents List of abbreviations and acronyms -- Introduction: approaching Agent Orange -- Only you can prevent forests: the chemical war and the illusion of control -- Hearts, minds, and herbicides: the politics of the chemical war -- Incinerating Agent Orange: dioxin, disposal, and the environmental imaginary -- The politics of uncertainty: science, policy, and the state -- "All those others so unfortunate": Vietnam and the global legacies of the chemical war -- Conclusion: Agent Orange and the limits of science and history.
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Chemical warfare.
Agent Orange -- War use.
Agent Orange -- Toxicology.
Agent Orange -- Environmental aspects.
Veterans -- Diseases -- United States.
Veterans -- Diseases -- Australia.
ISBN 9781558499751 paperback alkaline paper
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