Question for anyone who is well-informed about the Vietnam War

[krishna]

I'm working on this project about America's use of chemical weapons in Southeast Asia, things such as napalm, agent orange, generally anything that would be considered "weapons of mass destruction" by Bush's criteria.

Do any of you know good resources (ie books) that deal with the subject of chemical weapons use during Vietnam? I've read a few books that mention it, but I have yet to find one that adequately describe the full scope of these WMDs in graphic detail. Since the Vietnam war was so well-documented, what with the great number of reporters that were there, there must be lots of articles about this sort of thing. So if you know where I can find some of this firsthand documentation, let me know!

By the way, in my readings I came across a couple books that I want to recommend to yaw, one book called From Yale to Jail by David Dellinger; and the other called Blues for America by Doug Dowd.

 

[IamANoceTool]

the Vietnam war was an illegal war, Nixon Lied Kids Died, John F Kennedy started the war to bail out the French but im a tool who cant think for myself. Hanoi Jane Fonda was a true great hero, she has the same beliefs as me. Noce im a tool.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

US troops were in Veitnam long before Kennedy.

krishna,

You want pictures? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...103-0890425-9651055?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Check this book if you want to see some fucked up shit. Do a google Image search for Agent Orange

peep this

I used to have a lot of good info and links on agent orange on this site but it looks like the thread is long gone. There are TONS of great sites online full of info

 

[krishna]

Thanks 2-0-Sixx, that Questia site is just what I needed. I didnt even know about that site but that's dope that they have all those books you can read online just like that.

and yeah I've heard about that Griffiths guy before, I'll have to check out his books too

peace

 

[The Duke of Earl]

agent orange put holes in american soilders lungs

 

[ColdBlooded]

I'd sugest also looking beyond the obvious human effects of these weapons. Example: Water Buffalo were a very important tool to the people of Vietnam for agricultural reasons. They were basically wipped out because of the use of such weapons during the war causing huge damage to the agricultural infrastructure of the country.

 

[krishna]

^ word

not to mention some of the chemicals hardened (petrified) the soil for up to two feet deep so you would need tractors to dig up (which they didnt have). I was reading a description of a place that used to be a farming community and the observer said after it was bombed/poisoned it literally looked like the surface of the moon.