Scorched Earth: Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam

by Fred A. Wilcox and Noam Chomsky

Scorched Earth is the first book to chronicle the effects of chemical warfare on the Vietnamese people and their environment, where, even today, more than 3 million people--including 500,000 children--are sick and dying from birth defects, cancer, and other illnesses that can be directly traced to Agent Orange/dioxin exposure. Weaving first-person accounts with original research, Vietnam War scholar Fred A. Wilcox examines long-term consequences for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609801385
• ISBN13: 9781609801380
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"