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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.
Sommario
- 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
Info autore
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.
Riassunto
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.
