Open AccessTHE US ENVIRONMENTAL WAR IN VIETNAM (1961–1975): RESULTS AND LESSONS
Author(s) -
Yu.A. Pavlov,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
socialʹnye i gumanitarnye nauki na dalʹnem vostoke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1992-2868
DOI - 10.31079/1992-2868-2021-18-3-89-93
Subject(s) - vietnam war , agent orange , spanish civil war , peninsula , political science , vietnamese , government (linguistics) , geography , environmental protection , development economics , law , archaeology , economics , linguistics , philosophy
In 1961-1975, the government of the United States performs an aggressive environmental war against Vietnam. Herbicides containing dioxins ("Orange agent", etc.) were used. The natural landscape of Vietnam was severely damaged. The flora and fauna of South Vietnam suffered greatly, and in some places were completely destroyed. The victims were many civil inhabitants. War veterans from the United States and Vietnam were injured, became disabled, and acquired chronic diseases. The reckless foreign policy of the United States led to the deterioration of the environmental situation on the Indochina Peninsula for many decades. Even today, the consequences of that war have not been completely overcome.