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Summary: Excellent expose of U.S. government use of depleted uranium
Review: Another excellent book by Clark. Ask yourself if the our government has ever lied to us or ever kept the facts from us...and you'll see why metal of dishonor isnt promoted by our political intelligensia, its a book for people who have consciousness, not some so called patriots whose tribalistic nationalism refuses to acknowledge that the US committed crimes against humanity in the Middle East and beyond.
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Summary: Caldicott needs a dose of reality
Review: In this book Caldicott messages truths to match her left wing leanings. If you are to the far left you will love this book.
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Summary: A Question of Intent
Review: There is still some debate in the scientific community as to whther there are indeed secondary effects to the use of depleted uranium shells on the battlefield. One recent study claims that the levels of radiation in DU projectiles cannot be differentiated from that of the natural background. Some have claimed that the vaporization of DU makes the particles more likely to be inhaled, though this is also a matter of debate.None of this scientific debate is of importance to Caldicott, who blames DU projectiles for every possible illness found on and off the battlefield, including the famous Gulf War Syndrome. Gulf War Syndrome has in fact been widely studied, and is generally believed to be a group of illnesses related to chemical weapons, oil fires and possibly innoculations; this is apparantly not important to Caldicott and her coauthors, who would rather use questionable inferences in order to find the US armed forces guilty of heinous crimes. I try to have an open mind about this debate, and others like it, but I do admit to having a certain amount of bias when it comes to Helen Caldicott. She was always there to attack the US for its tactics and policies during the Cold War and thereafter, but was never heard to speak ill of the Soviet biological warfare program, Saddam's aggression or that of a dozen other tyrants and mass murderers. One fact that Caldicott does not consider is this: Modern DU weapons and the systems that use them have greatly increased the range, accuracy and leathality of antitank weapons, which translates into far fewer casulties for those using them, and fewer civilian deaths from indiscriminate bombing. War is and will always be an ugly thing, but modern war is at least more sparing of non-combatants than it has been in centuries.
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Summary: Deirdre
Review: This book is avaliable on www.leftbooks.com
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Summary: One of the best introductions to DU
Review: Written in 1997, well before the second gulf war, this book is a compendium of short statements and essays by a variety of people including experts and victims. A short essay by Ramsey Clark, Attorney General under Lyndon Johnson, makes up part of the shocking introductory material. If this book is ever updated to include the 2002 war, it will be a great service to our country.
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