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

by Fred A. Wilcox

Book Overview

"I died in Vietnam, but I didn'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 Orange--the first book ever written on the effects of Agent Orange--tells this young vet'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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609801369
• ISBN13: 9781609801366
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

vietnam widow

I am a vietnam widow and this book really tells the truth about what we are facing.

Engrossing Read

Wilcox personalizes the tragedy of Agent Orange by telling the individual stories of those who suffered from the side effects of Agent Orange and the terrible treatment they received. My family is among those who suffered. We lost my father, a Vietnam Veteran, at age 33 from melanoma cancer. And it is a comfort to me that someone is willing to tell the story of the government's mistreatment of its veterans.