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For over half a century, the Vietnamese people have endured the harmful legacies of Agent Orange, the toxic herbicide used by the American military as a type of chemical warfare. To understand how Agent Orange has impacted the lives of everyday Vietnamese people, Diane Niblack Fox interviewed families and individuals living with its aftereffects.
List of contents
- Prologue: “I am still here”—A Family in ThÁi BÌnh
- Acknowledgments
Note on Methodology, Language, and Measures - Introduction: Agent Orange as Chemical and Metaphor
- Part One: Stories from the North—HÀ Nam Province and Phủ LÝ Town
- Chapter 1
Phủ LÝ
Two Times at War, Three Times Razed - Chapter 2
Kim Bảng District - Chapter 3
Duy TiÊn District - Part Two: Stories from the Center—Thừa ThiÊn Huế Province
- Chapter 4
Quảng Thọ
No-Man’s-Land (vÀnh dai trắng) - Part Three: Stories from the South—Đồng Nai Province and BiÊn HoÀ City
- Chapter 5
Introduction to the Đồng Nai Red Cross - Chapter 6
XuÂn Lộc District
“Twelve days and nights” - Chapter 7
BiÊn HoÀ - Conclusion
Mrs. Hồng Story - Afterword
Susan Hammond - Notes
- Bibliography
About the author
Diane Niblack Fox(PhD, anthropology) is an independent scholar. She lived in Viet Nam from 1991 to 2001, working as a teacher, writer, and researcher.
Summary
For over half a century, the Vietnamese people have endured the harmful legacies of Agent Orange, the toxic herbicide used by the American military as a type of chemical warfare. To understand how Agent Orange has impacted the lives of everyday Vietnamese people, Diane Niblack Fox interviewed families and individuals living with its aftereffects.
