This book is a model study of the process by which military policy was made in Southeast Asia. The author relates the intense controversy over the effects of the Agent Orange spraying program. He connects policy to operations, showing how pressure from scientists and disagreements within the government imposed limits on the program. He explores the technical difficulties in spraying herbicides; and he pays tribute to the Ranch Hand airmen who flew planes "low and slow" over enemy positions (altogether, Ranch Hand aircraft took over 7,000 hits). Since the 1975 renunciation of the use of herbicides, this military episode has remained unique in U.S. history. With maps and photographs; this is a facsimile reprint of a U.S. government publication.
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Plenty of details even from the government printing office,
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This review is from: Operation Ranch Hand: The air force and herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971 (Perfect Paperback)
We purchased this book to search for evidence of herbicide use particularly in Thailand where my husband spent over a year from 1964-65. While there wasn't a great deal of usage in Thailand referenced in this book, I was mesmerized by the entire story of how Agent Orange (and pink, blue, etc.) came to be used so extensively in the Vietnam era.. I was surprised how much information was allowed to be in it as it was put out by the government printing office. A must read for anyone interested in this subject.
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This review is from: Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971 (Paperback)
Excellent book on the effects of Agent Orange and how it was used in Southeast Asia (SEA). Author has been thorough in his facts and research. He is perhaps one of the leading most authority on the subject of AO and many US Veterans have been helped by his technical expertise in this matter. Enjoyed the book very much.
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