THE BURN PITS: The Poisoning of America's Soldiers by Joseph Hickman. LIKE NEW First Edition unstated, full number line hardcover, 2016. Thousands of American soldiers are returning from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan with severe wounds from chemical war. They are not the victims of ruthless enemy warfare, but of their own military commanders. These soldiers, afflicted with rare cancers and respiratory diseases, were sickened from the smoke and ash swirling out of the burn pits where military contractors incinerated mountains of trash, including old stockpiles of mustard and sarin gas, medical waste, and other toxic material. Based on thousands of government documents, over 500 in-depth medical case studies, and interviews with more than 1000 veterans and active-duty GIs, this book will shock the nation. More than an explosive work of investigative journalism, it is the deeply moving chronicle of the many young men and women who signed up to serve their country in the wake of 9/11, only to return home permanently damaged, the victims of their own armed forces criminal negligence.

LIKE NEW First Edition unstated, full number line hardcover, unread with pages and edges clean and unmarked. Binding very tight. Jacket shows no corner or edge wear and no tears. Except for light scuffing and rubbing, the book would be graded new. Not price-clipped. Not a remainder. 6.25" x 9.25." Text only with appendices that include: Symptoms and Diseases and For More Information. 137 pgs.