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“There’s a whole chapter on my son Beau in there, and that stunned me… [Hickman] went back and looked at Beau’s tenure as a civilian with the U.S. attorney’s office [in Kosovo] and then his year in Iraq. And he was co-located in both times near these burn pits.”–Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States of America“Shocking and ugly. Glad this story is finally coming out.”–Oliver Stone, Academy Award-winning Director“The first 10 pages of The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers will rip your heart out.”–Liam O’Donoghue, Salon“[A]n incredibly powerful, painful book…[the] tragic saga is presented in a way that a reader can’t possibly come away either disbelieving or unmoved. This is a REAL service to our country and I commend Joseph Hickman for bringing the terrible story to light. [I] believe this will serve as a call-to-action for the veterans and all those who care about their plight.”–Dick Russell, New York Times bestselling author“Joseph Hickman’s The Burn Pits is a wake-up call to all of us that we’d better rise up and reclaim our birthright as Americans… This is a book that will not only make your blood boil, it’ll coagulate. I mean, blood-curdling isn’t a strong enough metaphor. The Burn Pits pulls no punches.”–Jesse Ventura, New York Times bestselling author“Though the underlying cause of [Vice President Joe Bide’s son, Beau Biden]’s cancer cannot be confirmed, evidence gathered in [The Burn Pits] suggests a possible link between his illness and service.”–Lauren Walker, The Guardian“In The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers, Joseph Hickman, a former U.S. Marine and Army sergeant gives a stunning expose of the ongoing health disaster created by the open-air burn pits on military bases throughout Afghanistan and Iraq, calling them the Agent Orange scandal of our day.”–James Baumann, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America“[Former Vice President Joe Biden] said that reading The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers… opened his eyes to the possibility of a link to his son’s cancer.”–Dan Sagalyn, PBS NewsHour, Deputy Foreign Affairs and Defense Editor“Thought provoking, sobering, and infuriating at the same time, The Burn Pits hits the mark on many levels… It was the Vietnam War’s Agent Orange all over again blended with the acrid fallout of the World Trade Center’s ‘Ground Zero’… “–James Grundvig, The Epoch Times“An important book.”–The Huffington Post“[The Burn Pits] really shocked and angered me and I decided to try to bring the story of this crisis to a larger audience… We are trying to reach everybody. Most people have not heard about the crisis of the burn pits and ultimately we will need the general public to help create awareness of this tragic issue affecting thousands of soldiers so that they are ultimately recognized and compensated.”–Gregory Lovett, Film Director, Delay, Deny, Hope You Die, a documentary based on The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers“[This] incendiary book, The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers… [is] a provocative look behind the massive burn pits of Iraq and Afghanistan, detailing a chilling history of sickness and systematic neglect from higher ups… Hickman’s account is probably the most thorough and expansive take on burn pits so far, going so far as to implicate KBR, who ran the burn pits, and Gen. David Petraeus, who initially denied that burn pits were harmful.”–Scott Beauchamp, Task & Purpose“The Burn Pits… tells an enormous story… An important book that should be on the shelf of every high school library across the United States.”–John Ketwig, The Veteran“There are a million reasons for Americans to read this devastating account of how we’re neglecting our veterans. The Burn Pits is extremely well-written, tightly structured, and Hickman’s compassion for his fellow soldiers is heartbreaking. But what few reviewers seem to be emphasizing is that Hickman is not just concerned about our veterans who are dying from the toxic plumes of the American burn pits. It’s not just Americans whose bodies are destroying themselves in a collective vertigo of white spots, leukemia, apnea, bronchitis, cold sweats, migraines, memory loss, nausea, and brain cancer. It’s not just Beau Biden… But what those mainstream publications fail to emphasize is the incredibly uncomfortable reality that Hickman describes with such vivid detail in The Burn Pits. In short, “Iraq is poisoned,” and America has been providing the toxins for years… If you are a citizen concerned with what both Sanders and Trump referred to as “the worst foreign policy blunder in U.S. history,” then you should read this book. The Burn Pits is a map for activism. If you are interested in solving one of the great health care problems of our time, read this book. If you are interested in helping American service members solve the political problem of bureaucratic resistance in the VA that dates back to the days of Agent Orange and Gulf War Syndrome, read this book.”–M. C. Armstrong, author and Pushcart Prize winner“The word “incinerate,” suggesting an enclosed burning facility with pollution controls, is misleading. These barbaric burn pits were dug on military bases in the midst of housing, work and dining facilities, with zero pollution controls… And predictably, base commanders temporarily shut them down when politicians and high-ranking generals came to visit… In his no-holds-barred book, The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers,” former Marine and Army Joseph Hickman exposes the knowing contamination of thousands of soldiers stationed on bases with these lethal pits.”–H. Patricia Hynes, TruthDig*** What readers are saying about The Burn Pits***“A chronicle of the mistreatment of our military men and women and of the neglect of our veterans. As the mother of two sons who served and a brother who died of cancer after Nam, I wanted to scream! Anyone thinking of joining the military should read this book first.”–Barb LaPierre, Goodreads Reviewer“Nothing in this book can change what happened. But reading our story, told so brilliantly, fills me with gratitude that it is being told.”–Rick A., Amazon Reviewer“I thought the U.S. wrongly using chemicals and simultaneously poisoning its own soldiers ended with the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Joseph Hickman, a former US Marine and Army Sergeant tells the poignant and shocking story of the chemical war practiced on GIs in Iraq and Afghanistan—by their own commanding officers.”–Liz Edorssom, Goodreads Reviewer“This book needs to be in every service members hands (active and veteran)! Good read, engaging and thought provoking. Buy this book!”–John Stoddard, Amazon Reviewer“Everyone who cares about our veterans should read this well researched book about the toxic burn pits of the Middle East. We may have injured another generation of veterans and we need to fully investigate and help those affected, before it is too late for them.”–Bill Crowley, Amazon Reviewer“There are many disturbing facts in this book. At certain points, I couldn't quite believe what I was reading.”–Jamie Rose, Goodreads Reviewer“Interesting and more anger toward our military and Congress. Agent Orange all over again. We need to hold the military accountable.” –Paul Kukuk, Goodreads Reviewer*** From author Joseph Hickman ***“We have tens of thousands of veterans right now that are sick or dying and no one is treating them right or taking care of them… I’ve donated my royalties to an organization called Burn Pits 360, so if you read the book, not only do you become aware of it, the money is actually going to a non-profit organization that will help these soldiers directly.”–Joseph Hickman, Blue Funk Radio“…KBR must provide compensation to sick veterans. It is what’s owed to the service members who selflessly went to war on behalf of the United States.”–Joseph Hickman, Vice News*** Praise for Skyhorse Publishing ***“In the era of corporate dominated mainstream media and feckless herd reporting, Skyhorse's willingness to tackle tough issues that other publishers won't touch has made it a critical cog in our democracy.”–Robert F. Kennedy Jr., New York Times bestselling author“It has been a pleasure watching Skyhorse Publishing develop into one of the largest and fastest-growing independent publishers over the last decade. Trident does a good deal of business with Skyhorse. Skyhorse has become a cornerstone of independent publishing and has taken its rightful seat in the world of major trade publishing.”–Robert Gottlieb, chairman of Trident Media Group, LLC
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Advance Praise for Burn Pits: “Shocking and ugly. Glad this story is finally coming out.” — Oliver Stone Praise for Murder at Camp Delta: “Disturbing account of abuse and secrecy at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, tied to the deaths of three detainees...[Murder at Camp Delta is] a plainly told, unsettling corrective to the many jingoistic accounts of post-9/11 military action.” -Kirkus “[A] disturbing account of the mysterious deaths of three Arab prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in 2006…. [Hickman] makes his case with compelling clarity and strength of character.” -Publishers Weekly "Compelling... It's clear from his version ... that there’s still plenty we don’t know about Guantanamo, a prison in which horrifying acts were carried out in the name of every American citizen." -San Francisco Chronicle
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Product details
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Hot Books; 1st edition (February 16, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1510705732
ISBN-13: 978-1510705739
Product Dimensions:
6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.8 out of 5 stars
79 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#257,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
SSG Hickman, well done! We have never met, but you've done an amazing job, unflinchingly telling our story. In 2004 I wondered why the captured Sarin Nerve Agent weapons we were loading onto C-17's in Baghdad never made the news. I wondered why I was plagued with rashes and why my short term memory was so messed up after I got back from the desert. Later on I wondered why I met so much resistance from VSO's and the VA when I wanted to file a claim after I was diagnosed with a very rare and lethal form of cancer. Joe Hickman asks these same questions I was asking myself. He has gone even further and dug up lots of answers to them. Nothing in this book can change what happened. But reading our story, told so brilliantly, fills me with gratitude that it is being told. Great work! Thank you Joe!!!
It probably never will be known with certainty why Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, left for Iraq a healthy and vibrant 40-year-old man only to return home a year later to succumb to a series of mysterious and unexplained illnesses that metamorphosed into incurable brain cancer that took his life at age 46. But a convincing if circumstantial case can be made that the cause was exposure to toxic smoke from immense open-air burn pits at Camp Victory and another base where Beau Biden was bivouacked.One of the more insidious backstories of the Iraq war, which Joe Biden enthusiastically supported as a Democratic senator from Delaware, is how the friends of his predecessor, Dick Cheney, at Halliburton got rich providing housing, meals, water and many other services to Beau Biden and hundreds of thousands of other American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, at a cost of an estimated $39.5 billion by reliable estimates, much of it in no-bid contracts as the Pentagon outsourced many of the non-combat duties handled by the military in previous wars.   In this shocking new book, investigative journalist Joseph Hickman, himself a Marine and Army veteran, asserts that Kellogg, Brown and Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, where Cheney was CEO before he became vice president, poisoned thousands of American soldiers and many thousands more Iraqis with the toxic smoke from the burn pits they operated in place of the incinerators typically run by the military.  Some of the burn pits were operated on or near chemical warfare sites from Saddam Hussein's rule.Hickman’s story follows an arc tragically familiar to the victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam: Denial by the government that there was a problem, refusal by government agencies to address the problem, and finally, in the face of overwhelming evidence, grudging admissions by the government that there is indeed a problem.   The Burn Pits is a must-read book, and I would have given it five stars if Hickman was a bit better writer.
Dear CMSgt Jordan,We would like to extend to you a hearty congratulations on the recent disapproval of your VA disability application. We are more than proud to be able to offer you yet another opportunity to exhibit your dedication to the core value of "Service Before Self".We appreciate your dedication and greatly admire the fact that you enlisted and served during four different decades, tirelessly performed assigned duties, and voluntarily deployed on a combat tour in order to provide mature and stable leadership to our junior troops.We are especially pleased that we were able to supply you with the opportunity to sacrifice your health in service to your country. The derision and scorn that you received upon your return to home base was designed to further develop your character and provide you with additional opportunity to exhibit your ability and willingness to accept hardship and sacrifice as the character building opportunities that they are certainly meant to be.Thank you for understanding that supervision and leadership sincerely do "not" have your welfare and well being in mind. We do appreciate your willingness to avoid forcing them to glimpse a harsh sample of reality, instead allowing them to continue their illusion of a military branch filled with Shiny Happy People, Unicorns, and Cotton Candy Rainbows.As a military professional you should be commended on your ability to understand that the medical personnel that you were lead to believe are in place to assist you are only concerned with your ability to pass your semi annual fitness assessment and insuring that problems and concerns are not allowed to rise to a level which could reflect badly upon the unit leadership.Another accolade must be offered for your attempted involvement of the office of your Senator, Mr. Ted Cruz for assistance with dealing with the mind numbing, soul crushing bureaucracy that passes as a safety net for our nations war fighters. We are sure that by now it has dawned on you that you have not, and will not, ever be afforded the courtesy of a response from this representative or his staff. However be assured that your issue is raised on a bi-annual basis during their mandatory Enjoyment Session/Bake Sale/Revival Meeting. Additional prayers are available for a nominal campaign contribution and for a limited time you are eligible for our special double prayer which as you may have surmised gives you double the prayer power for you dollars.Be assured that your concerns related to the effects of burn pit usage on the health of yourself and many others has been slowly drawing attention from some members of the leadership chain. You may have heard that burn pit exposure is being considered as a possible cause of the illness that took the life of the the son of our Vice President. We can assure you that with this type of attention it will only be a matter of years before our elected officials and Veteran Administration leadership will commence a drive to begin to start thinking about getting ready to start thinking about beginning to select the shape of the table required to think about starting to get ready to consider beginning to plan a meeting and choose a caterer.Thank you again for your service and sacrifice! Now, would you please keep this between us and just go away. Regards, Your GubmentI have been fighting this battle for over 4 years now. Joseph, thank you brother for putting this book out for us. Reading it did me a world of good and made me realize that I am not alone.
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