The defoliation of America : Agent Orange chemicals, citizens, and protests /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hay, Amy Marie (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2022]
Series:	Nexus
Subjects:	Herbicides > Social aspects > United States. Herbicides > Environmental aspects > United States. Herbicides > War use > United States > History > 20th century. Defoliants > Social aspects > United States. Defoliants > Environmental aspects > United States. Defoliants > War use > United States > History > 20th century. Protest movements > United States > History > 20th century. Environmentalism > United States > History > 20th century. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction. The defoliation of America : chemical use and protests in post-1945 America
Controlling jungle lawns and jungle wars : domestic and international uses of the phenoxy herbicicdes
The quickening conscience : seminarians, students, and scientists protest the phenoxy herbicides
Ecological disruption in Vietnam : international protests over crop destruction, defoliation, and ecological imperialism
Water in the West : Billee Shoecraft and herbicide use in Arizona
Fires, farms, forests : Ida Hororof and herbicide use in California
Timber and rights-of-way : Carol Van Strum and herbicide spraying in Oregon
The war on drugs : the phenoxy herbicides in counterinsurgency and the counterculture
Fighting the deadly fog : Vietnam veterans protest Agent Orange herbicide
Unexpected casualities : the phenoxy herbicides and reproductive harm
Conclusion. The dissenters : citizens protest chemical herbicides.