Vnguyen518

About Me

Hi all! My name is Vincent Nguyen, and I am currently a sophomore at Rice University. I'm majoring in Sociology and some of my interests include critical race theory, existentialism, and table tennis (I find that my interests don't really have anything to do with each other as much as I would like them to). I'm really excited to learn just how powerful Wikipedia is not only as a source of information but also as a tool of empowerment.

Topic in Consideration and References

Agent Orange's Effects on the Vietnamese People

I would create an entirely new article for Agent Orange's effect specifically on the Vietnamese people.  The original subsection of Agent Orange article is well-established and the article on Agent Orange itself is also quite good.  However, the original Agent Orange article is quite extensively historically but seems to lack scientific/empirical analysis done upon the effects of Agent Orange.

I have a personal interest in Agent Orange's effects on the Vietnamese people because my family had to flee the country after the Vietnam War. Additionally, I know a lot of family members and family friends who can recall the horrors of the mysterious, killing orange gas.  My grandmother passed away from complications due to liver cancer that resulted from her exposure to Agent Orange.  I want to essentially make the information on the article much more precise than it is now. A lot of the information is about specific historical incidents but neglects the specifics of the entire war (e.g. the specific areas that were targeted by Agent Orange through the entirety of the war rather than a single operation).  Additionally, the article lacks a lot of empirical/scientific analysis.  Finally, the article lacks information about Vietnamese refugees that left to other countries and how Agent Orange affected their lives. 

Resources

Bates, Diane C. "Environmental Refugees? Classifying Human Migrations Caused by Environmental Change." Population and Environment 23.5 (2002): 465-77. Springer Link. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.

Fox, Diane N.  “Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Warfare: Agent Orange”, in Synthetic Planet: Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life, Monica Casper, ed. 2003. Routledge Press.

Gould, Kenneth A. "The Ecological Costs of Militarization." Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice 19.3 (2007): n. pag. Taylor & Francis. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.

Koppes, Clayton R. "Review: Agent Orange and the Official History of Vietnam." Reviews in American History 13.1 (n.d.): 131-35. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Web.

Lacey, Pamela, and Vincent A. Lacey. "Agent Orange: Government Responsibility for the Military Use of Phenoxy Herbicides."Journal of Legal Medicine 3.1 (1982): 136-78. Taylor and Francis Online. Web.

Palmer, Michael G. "The Case of Agent Orange: International Perspectives and an Homage to Victims." Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs 29.1 (2007): 172-95. Project MUSE - The Case of Agent Orange: International Perspectives and an Homage to Victims. Project Muse. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.

Rose, Hilary A., and Stephen P. Rose. "Chemical Spraying as Reported by Refugees from South Vietnam." Science. 177.4050 (1972): Science. Web.10 Sept. 2015.

Rumbaut, Rubén G., A Legacy of War: Refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (1996). Origins and Destinies: Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in America, p. 315, S. Pedraza and R.G. Rumbaut, eds., Wadsworth, 1996 

Toohey, Lisa C. "13 Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution 2005 Compensation for Agent Orange Damage in Vietnam Borders and Boundaries in International Law." HeinOnline. 13 Willamette J.Int'l L. & Dis. Res. 287, n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.

Young, A.l., and B.m. Shepard. "A Review of On-going Epidemiologic Research in the United States on the Phenoxy Herbicides and Chlorinated Dioxin Contaminants." Chemosphere 12.4-5 (1983): 749-59. Web.

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