| Contents |
The development of a military herbicide capability -- The decision to send spray-equipped C-123s to South Vietnam -- The deployment of spray aircraft to South Vietnam and initial defoliation operations -- Early evaluations and expanded operations -- Crop destruction begins and Washington further relaxes controls on defoliation -- Ranch Hand's mission expands and becomes routine -- Herbicides reach their peak while the war deepens and widens -- Herbicide use declines -- Ranch Hand ends its work -- Epilogue -- Appendices- A1:Characteristics of herbicides used in Southeast Asia -- A2: Summary of herbicides operation -- A3: Ranch Hand organizational Designations -- A4: Key leaders -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliographic essay -- Index -- List of photographs -- Maps. |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Buckingham, William A. Operation Ranch Hand |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Other title | Air force and herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971. |
| LCCN | 81011244 |
| GPO item number | 0424 |
| Govt. docs number |
D 301.2:R 15/961-71 |
| Stock number | 008-070-00466-6 GPO |
