For every service member killed in Iraq, 15 others have fallen ill, and 4,500 have been returned to the U.S. for medical treatment. Why? in crisp, clear, compelling writing, a prize-winning journalist examines the health and medical issues--with detailed individual examples--facing American military personnel and veterans, and investigates the military/bureaucratic politicking behind them, with: - comprehensive documentation from the CDC, VA, Pentagon- historical, war-by-war overview of the issues- comprehensive list of illnesses, syndromes and symptoms- veterans' battles over medical services and policy- analysis of military hospitals and services- public and classified military experiments- discussions of anthrax vaccine and depleted uranium- analysis of the high suicide, alcoholism and homicide rates in the in military.

Book Information
ISBN 9780932863416
Author Rick Anderson
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Clarity Press
Publisher Clarity Press