Camp Lejeune was established in 1941 as a Marine training base on the North Carolina coast and all the evidence in this work points to it being the site of water systems contaminated by nearly a dozen potentially toxic chemicals. This is mirrored by a disturbing number of miscarriages in the soldier's wives, birth defects, and even men who developed breast cancer. Behind this casual read is strong investigative journalism conducted by Mike Magner, who is also the author of Poisoned Legacy: the Human Cost of BP's Rise to Power. Chapters proceed through the history of the base, touching on administrative conflicts between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Defense (DoD), legal proceedings and the military's reliance on the Supreme Court's Feres Doctrine, and a personal look into the lives of suffering veterans and their families. As of today, victims are still awaiting full compensation despite studies by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the severe health effects of trichloroethylene. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) Read Less