Intro
Contents
List of Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction. The Defoliation of America: Chemical Uses and Protests in Post-1945 America
PART ONE. The Origins of the Phenoxy Herbicide Uses and Protests, 1940-70
Chapter One. Controlling Jungle Lawns and Jungle Wars Domestic and International Uses of the Phenoxy Herbicides
Chapter Two. The Quickening Conscience Seminarians, Students, and Scientists Protest the Phenoxy Herbicides
Chapter Three. Ecological Disruption in Vietnam International Protests over Crop Destruction, Defoliation, and Ecological Imperialism
PART TWO. Three Cases in the West Arizona, California, and Oregon, 1960-80
Chapter Four. Water in the West Billee Shoecraft and Herbicide Use in Arizona
Chapter Five. Fires, Farms, Forests Ida Honorof and Herbicide Use in California
Chapter Six. Timber and Rights-of-Way Carol Van Strum and Herbicide Spraying in Oregon
PART THREE. The Phenoxy Herbicides' Toxic Legacies, 1970-95
Chapter Seven. The War on Drugs The Phenoxy Herbicides in Counterinsurgency and the Counterculture
Chapter Eight. Fighting the Deadly Fog Vietnam Veterans Protest Agent Orange Herbicides
Chapter Nine. Unexpected Casualties The Phenoxy Herbicides and Reproductive Harm
Conclusion. The Dissenters: Citizens Protest Chemical Herbicides
Notes
Bibliography
Index.