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Title: Against All Enemies : Gulf War Syndrome: The War Between America's Ailing Veterrans and Their Government by Seymour M. Hersh, James Sutorius ISBN: 0-7871-1789-7 Publisher: Audio Literature Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (8 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: VVAWAI Says its not up to Hersh's Usual Excellence
Comment: The Gulf War veterans and their supporters in Congress have forced a resisting military and intimidated white house to acknowledge that the price of war-even in smashing triumph-is high. The lesson this book teaches is this: Today's high tech wars are too important and too dangerous to be left to the military or to the politicians. Neither will risk all to protect their soldiers. Those men and women who do the fighting want their say, too, and are learning how to get it". This book, by its glaring omission of criticism, upholds the Gulf War Massacre. This is not an anti-war book, it's a book calling upon the system to live up to its supposed "ideals". It seems as though the author has gotten defensive in the wake of his stinging book on the Kennedys [see Camelot Review-Ed.] and backed off on some of his indictment for the system. Hersh sees a government divided. He says that the CIA had knowledge that there were chemical weapons at Khamisyah and "failed to relay the information...that failure was a criminally negligent mistake, but it was not a cover-up." Apologizing for the government by saying the problem was confusion inside the American intelligence movement is absurd. He portrays the white house as "intimidating" saying "Bill Clinton was afraid to take on the Pentagon. It was up to Congress to do what the president would not. In many respects this is their victory"!
The book has a strong 'honor the vet' edge that leaves a nasty taste in our mouths. If you've had the privilege of reading the scathing expose, My Lai 4 , by this same author you would never believe it's the same guy. This book does do a good job, if you filter well through the politics, of outlining the major physiological issues regarding the Gulf War Illness. With that exception noted, we can only say this: Paper will put up with anything that is written on it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Too late....
Comment: This book helped me to understand what my brother had been trying to say...he was sick (a Gulf War Vet...now deceased). My family thanks Seymour Hersh and any others who expose the military for what they did (and didn't do) before, during, and after the Gulf War. The book made a lot more sense than the propaganda material the gov't. has sent our family concerning questions we've had. According to the military....everything (except for the stress) occurred in "insignificant levels to have caused any diseases". Tell that to my brother now... Good job Mr. Hersh!
Rating: 5
Summary: Against All Enemies
Comment: A very well written, well researched and well documented book on Gulf War Syndrome. It concisely answers the "Who, What, When, Where and Why" questions that many of us are asking. In doing so, it lifts the lid on one more of America's dirty little secrets. Powerful and Amazing.
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Title: The Irritable Heart: The Medical Mystery of the Gulf War by Jeff Wheelwright ISBN: B000093TQD Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Gassed in the Gulf: The Inside Story of the Pentagon-CIA Cover-Up of Gulf War Syndrome by Patrick G. Eddington ISBN: 0965240037 Publisher: Insignia Pub. Co. Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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