Agent Orange: "Collatteral Damage" in Viet Nam.(Photography and War -- Books Reviewed)(Book Review)

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AGENT ORANGE: "COLLATTERAL DAMAGE" IN VIEW NAM BY PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS London: Trolley Ltd, 2003. 176

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Philip Jones Griffiths drew public attention in 1971 when he published Vietnam Inc., a book that focused on the ordeal of the Vietnamese civilian population during the war, from napalm to agent orange, "zippo" raids to blind bombing and shelling, famine to prostitution. A chemist and pharmacist by training, one with a keen eye and a big heart, Jones Griffiths had previously joined the Magnum agency. The plight of the most innocent victims of ...

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