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- Book Title
- Poisoning the Pacific
- Publication Name
- Poisoning the Pacific
- Title
- Poisoning the Pacific
- Subtitle
- The US Military's Secret Dumping of Plutonium, Chemical Weapons,
- Contributor
- John W. Dower (Foreword by)
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1538130335
- EAN
- 9781538130339
- ISBN
- 9781538130339
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Science, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Public Policy / Military Policy, Asia / Japan, Environmental / General
- Release Date
- 12/10/2020
- Release Year
- 2020
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 22.9 Oz
- Series
- Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Number of Pages
- 296 Pages
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For decades, the US military has been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances. Service members, their families, and residents have been exposed--but the US has long hidden the damage and ignored victims. This explosive book reveals the extent of contamination in the Pacific and the lengths the Pentagon will go to conceal it.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1538130335
ISBN-13
9781538130339
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4038417646
Product Key Features
Book Title
Poisoning the Pacific
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Public Policy / Military Policy, Asia / Japan, Environmental / General
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Td195.W29m58 2020
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The US military and the US Defense Department have the maddening habit of reflexively refusing to acknowledge almost anything that could possibly be construed as making them look bad. One of the consequences of this habit of denial is that the military's right hand rarely knows much about what its left hand is up to. Rather than admit this ignorance, however, military leadership insists that the armed forces are entirely honourable and that they are therefore incapable of doing anything nefarious. It takes books like this to thrust these dirty deeds out into the open., Poisoning the Pacific by Jon Mitchell is an eye-opening addition to the annals of American military history. Chronicling a dark and unsettling history of pollution, Mitchell provides a definitive account of how the U.S. military has endangered the health and safety of millions of people across the Pacific region. A journalist based in Japan, Mitchell has spent years amassing records through the Freedom of Information Act about the contamination at military bases in Japan, Guam, the Marshall Islands, and other places in the Pacific. Poisoning the Pacific will therefore appeal to those readers interested in military and environmental history, international relations, defense policy, and the Asia-Pacific region in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries., Poisoning the Pacific is an enormously valuable book. Jon Mitchell's expertise on US military operations across Japan and on the US military's contamination of Okinawa, where he ably guided us both during a recent visit, is unparalleled. Much of what he exposes here is truly shocking, and we expect most readers will share our outrage over what he reveals. With a vibrant and compelling style, Mitchell has written an eye-opening critique of America's role in the Pacific world, the place where the great battles of the twenty-first century are already being waged, won, and lost., This is an exquisitely researched book. Its comprehensive analysis is based on hard evidence, much of which is contained in US records. It reveals that when accidents with pollutants occurred, there were few lessons learned and little attempt made to train military personnel to handle these chemicals with safety to themselves and the environment.... Michell's credentials and honors attest to his expertise with a plethora of sources, including Japanese records. His endnotes are full and relevant. This is a convincing study of war damage--but more so, the real environmental and human costs of "eternal vigilance" in maintaining the US war machine. I have taught several courses on the environmental history of the PaciFic, and I wish this book had been available at that time. It adds much to the understanding of the way governments can work when they take their eyes off their own and other people and simply see the world though the crosshairs of the gun.
Table of Content
Author's Note Foreword by John W. DowerIntroduction 1 Japanese Weapons of Mass Destruction and the US Cover-up 2 Nuclear Warfare in Japan and the Marshall Islands 3 Okinawa: "The Junk Heap of the Pacific"4 Military Herbicides, Vietnam, and Okinawa 5 Polluting with Impunity 6 Okinawa: Paradise Lost Timeline: Environmental Contamination and Accidents on Okinawa (1947-2019) 7 Japan: Contamination, Nuclear Deals, and the Fukushima Meltdowns 8 Toxic Territories: Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Johnston Atoll 9 Toward Environmental Justice Appendix: Contaminants NotesBibliography Acknowledgments Index About the Author
Copyright Date
2020
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2019-057067
Series
Asia/Pacific/Perspectives Ser.
Illustrated
Yes
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