For decades, the US military has been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances. Thousands of service members, their families, and local residents have been exposed-but the US has hidden the damage and refused to help victims. This book reveals the enormous extent of contamination and the lengths the Pentagon will go to conceal it.

About the Author
Jon Mitchell is an investigative journalist with the Okinawa Times and winner of the 2015 Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan's lifetime achievement award for press freedom. His work has featured in reports for the US Congress and Japanese parliament; it has also helped US veterans exposed to contamination in Japan to win help from the Department of Veterans Affairs. US authorities-including the State Department and Department of Defense-have repeatedly attempted to block Mitchell's work, prompting condemnation from international press freedom groups. He lives in Japan. John W. Dower is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II.

Awards
Winner of Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, Second Place 2021.



Book Information
ISBN 9781538130339
Author Jon Mitchell
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 649g
Dimensions(mm) 239mm * 163mm * 25mm