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Agent Orange During the Vietnam War: The Lingering Issue of Its Civilian and Military Health Impact.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): American Journal of Public Health. Jun2018, Vol. 108 Issue 6, p726-728. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.
Abstract: The article discusses the impact of agent orange used during the Vietnam War on civilian and military health. Topics include the lack of reliable data and research on the relationships between herbicide exposures and diseases for which veterans can rec...
KERRY & AGENT ORANGE.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Newsweek. 3/8/2004, Vol. 143 Issue 10, p22-26. 5p. 3 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph.
Abstract: Focuses on experiences of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's and soldiers he served with during the Vietnam War, focusing on the military's use of Agent Orange. Comments from Kerry and Wade Sanders, who served in the Mekong Delta regarding ...
Agent Orange Bodies: Việt, Đức, and Transnational Narratives of Repair.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Canadian Review of American Studies; 2018, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p387-414, 28p
Abstract: Copyright of Canadian Review of American Studies is the property of University of Toronto Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, u...
Fallout from a media fiasco.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Newsweek. 7/20/1998, Vol. 132 Issue 3, p24. 3p. 5 Color Photographs, 1 Chart.
Abstract: Discusses the June 1998 Cable News Network (CNN)-`Time' Magazine handling of a story about use of sarin gas by United States operatives in Laos during the Vietnam War. Repudiation of the `NewsStand: CNN & Time' program produced by April Oliver about O...
Hearts, Minds, and Herbicides: The Politics of the Chemical War in Vietnam*.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Diplomatic History. Jan2013, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p58-84. 27p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Illustration.
Abstract: In the early years of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the Departments of State and Defense battled over the decision to use chemical herbicides to defoliate the landscape and destroy enemy access crops. While the Pentagon won the initial battle, allowing ...
Operation Ranch Hand: the U.S. herbicide program.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; May1982, Vol. 38 Issue 5, p20-24, 5p
Abstract: The article presents information on the U.S. herbicide program which was implemented during the Vietnam War. It is stated that the program aroused several controversies over the usage of herbicides in military operations. The health hazards caused due ...
“Driven to Tears”: Britain, CS Tear Gas, and the Geneva Protocol, 1969–1975.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Diplomacy & Statecraft; Dec2016, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p701-725, 25p
Abstract: Copyright of Diplomacy & Statecraft is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or em...
- TEAR gas munitions
- GENEVA protocol (1924)
- INTERNATIONAL cooperation on chemical weapons
- CHEMICAL weapon laws
- CHEMICAL warfare in the Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- RIOT control agents
- CONVENTION on the Prohibition of the Development, Production & Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) & Toxin Weapons & on Their Destruction (1972)
- TWENTIETH century
THE WEEK.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): New Republic; 3/23/63, Vol. 148 Issue 12, p3-7, 5p
Abstract: The article provides world news briefs. A proposal before the federal government opens the debate as to whether or not federal funding can be given to church-related schools. Hostilities in Vietnam have temporarily stopped because of allegations that t...
Did the U.S. drop nerve gas?
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Time International (Canada Edition). 06/15/98, Vol. 151 Issue 23, p21. 3p. 4 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs.
Abstract: Investigates allegations that the United States military used nerve gas in September 1970 to save its troops sent into Laos to kill defectors to Vietnam. Platoon leader Robert Van Buskirk's recollection of the events surrounding the incident; Allegati...
GUAMANIAN VETERANS: UNDERSERVED AFTER YEARS OF SERVICE.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Northern Kentucky Law Review; 2015, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p101-127, 27p
Abstract: The article focuses on acts of the U.S. government showing no recognition of services of veterans of Guam involved in the Vietnam War. Topics discussed include the act of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for not recognizing herbicide existence i...