Gulf War Syndrome : Legacy of a Perfect War [Paperback]

Alison Johnson (Author)

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From the Back Cover

Alison Johnson has successfully captured on paper the plight and pain of these heroes.
--Congressman Christopher Shays

Her book should find a wide audience among veterans, their families, their doctors, and the general public.
--James J. Tuite, III

This book champions their cause, providing compelling information on these conditions and their possible connections to chemical injury and sensitivity.
--Lea Steele, Ph.D.

About the Author

Alison Johnson, B.A., M.A., is a graduate of Carleton College and studied mathematics at the Sorbonne on a National Science Foundation Fellowship. She received a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, where she studied on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, and she is currently a freelance editor for university presses. She has produced and directed three videos on multiple chemical sensitivity, as well as a video titled "Gulf War Syndrome: Aftermath of a Toxic Battlefield." She has also edited a book titled "Casualties of Progress: Personal Histories from the Chemically Sensitive."

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: M C S Information Exchange (February 21, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967561973
• ISBN-13: 978-0967561974
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #345,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > History > Military > United States > Operation Desert Storm

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely an eye opener, April 3, 2001

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Kelly Seibert (Hillsborough, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gulf War Syndrome : Legacy of a Perfect War (Paperback)

If you have any children, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles or friends who are considering whether or not to join our military...this book is for you (them!). I truly believe had it been possible to read this book ten years ago my brother (Gulf War Vet) would be alive today.

Alison Johnson, editor, has done her research compiling information about nearly every aspect of the gulf war, making it easy for the reader to find the information in one book. She also includes a dozen stories from vets themselves (or from family members)discussing what, in their opinion, went on before, during, and after the war. She then leaves the reader the chance to come to their own conclusion based on facts provided.

This book is also for those who are suffering from ill health and don't seem to have any answers for their problems (chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, ALS, multiple chemical sensitivity, etc.). If nothing else, it is an eye opener and a must read for the medical community.

This is a book that should be handed down to our children/grandchildren to give them an understanding of things that will be "tilted" in their history books. This is the book the government/military will not care for you to read as the truth, for once, gets out. Thank goodness this book was given to every member of congress this year. I hope they read it and make sure that what has happened in the past never repeats itself again!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The story of a struggle against government denial, May 20, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gulf War Syndrome : Legacy of a Perfect War (Paperback)

Of the men and women who served in the American forces in the Gulf War, more than one hundred thousand of them came back from that unique conflict suffering from a variety of illness only to face a public and a government that was largely indifferent. It took years of exhaustive medical studies and public awareness efforts of activists to overcome the apathy (and at times outright hostility) of the Veteran's Administration and the Congress to recognize, acknowledge, and begin to deal with this phenomena. Highly recommended reading for students of twentieth century military history, political science, veteran's affairs, and the medical aftermath of service in the Gulf War, Alison Johnson's Gulf War Syndrome: Legacy Of A Perfect War is the complete story of this struggle against government denial and betrayal of the American service men and women who found themselves in harm's way while carrying out their country's mandate on the fields of battle.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Missed conclusions., June 22, 2002

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Edward L. McNeil (Ft Myers, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gulf War Syndrome : Legacy of a Perfect War (Paperback)

As the symptoms and illnesses described which followed certain exposures in the Gulf War have been described with the diagnoses given to the victims, various causes were described.
The variety of symptoms of many appear to me to have been caused by the Anthrax vaccine which I suspect was contaminated by those diseases known to be caused by pathogens found in tick bites.
I do not agree with the diagnoses given to the sufferers. MS, ALS and Lou Gherich's can all mimic Borreliosis, Ehrlichiosis and Babesiosis. They should be tested for those diseases.