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Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by Fred A. Wilcox
A Seven Stories Press First Edition
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilcox, Fred.
Scorched earth : legacies of chemical warfare in Vietnam / Fred A. Wilcox ; photographs by Brendan B. Wilcox. – A Seven Stories Press 1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-60980-340-7
1. Agent Orange–Health aspects–Vietnam. 2. Agent Orange–Environmental aspects–Vietnam. 3. Chemical warfare–Health aspects–Vietnam. 4. Chemical warfare–Environmental aspects–Vietnam. 5. Vietnam War, 1961-1975–Chemical warfare. I. Title.
RA1242.T44W55 2011
615.9′513709597–dc23
2011023208
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