Persian Gulf War Vets - Gulf War Syndrome

Persian Gulf War Veterans
Gulf War Syndrome

Were American soldiers serving in the Persian Gulf conflict exposed to chemicals that caused them to come down with "Gulf War syndrome"? Or are they experiencing symptoms of extreme psychological stress? Seymour Hersh, the investigative journalist who alerted Americans to the My Lai massacre and the bombing of Cambodia, can't answer those questions definitively. What he can do -- and ably does -- is demonstrate two simple facts: (1) military officials, either through a lack of knowledge or deliberate concealment, did not fully inform the government -- and more importantly its own troops -- about the risks of biochemical exposure in combat against Iraq; and (2) whatever the causes of "Gulf War syndrome," the government has done far too little to help the sick veterans.
Other unsettling questions with no easy answers emerge from Hersh's reportage. Why have the so-called heroes of the Persian Gulf, retired generals Norman Schwarzkopf and Colin Powell, seemingly distanced themselves from the plight of troops under their former command? Why did it take so long for Congress to even acknowledge that there might be a problem? Against All Enemies is a brief but disturbing exposé of institutional neglect from one of the media's most tenacious government watchdogs. --Ron Hogan

Gassed in the Gulf:
The Inside Story of the Pentagon-CIA Cover-Up
of Gulf War Syndrome
by Patrick Eddington
Hardcover (1997)

A Must Read for Veterans and All Americans. Unearthing hundreds of classified documents detailing the locations of Iraqi chemical munitions that were destroyed by American forces after the Gulf War. Eddington shows that tens of thousands of American troops had been exposed to deadly chemical agents. Those chemicals may be at least partly responsible for the chronic illnesses suffered by over 100,000 Desert Storm veterans . . . and for the birth defects among so many of their postwar children.

NBC: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare on the Modern Battlefield
by John Norris, Will Fowler
Hardcover (1998)

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