Susan L. Smith

Toxic Exposures: Mustard Gas and the Health Consequences of World War II in the United States

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Produktbeschreibung

Toxic Exposures tells the shocking story of how the United States and its allies intentionally subjected thousands of their own servicemen to mustard gas as part of their preparation for chemical warfare. Drawing from once-classified government records, military reports, scientists’ papers, and veterans’ testimony, Susan L. Smith assesses the poisonous legacies of these experiments, including scientific racism and environmental degradation. In addition, she reveals their surprising impact on the origins of chemotherapy as cancer treatment and the development of veterans’ rights movements.

Produktdetails

• Critical Issues in Health and
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 209
• Altersempfehlung: ab 17 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780813586106
• ISBN-10: 0813586100
• Artikelnr.: 54700508

Autorenporträt

Smith, Susan L.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
 
List of Abbreviations
 
Introduction: Health and War Beyond the Battlefield
 
Part I: Preparation for Chemical Warfare
 
1. Wounding Men to Learn: Soldiers as Human Subjects
 
2. Race Studies and the Science of War
 
Part II: Toxic Legacies of War
 
3. Mustard Gas in the Sea Around Us
 
4. A Wartime Story: Mustard Agents and Cancer Chemotherapy
 
Conclusion: Veterans Making History
 
Notes
Index