A review by snailkite28
Aftermath: The Remnants of War by Donovan Webster

5.0

We all know that war happens and assume that when one is over, that's it. Life goes back to normal. Webster shows that this is definitely not the case--not with any war. He begins with WWI then each subsequent chapter moves on to the next war, ending with the Gulf War. (The final chapter is a description of the chemical weapons destruction facility in Tooele, Utah.) In each chapter, Webster visits a country that was involved in the war (France--WWI, Russia--WWII, Vietnam--Vietnam War, Kuwait--Gulf War) and describes what is left behind. The aftermath includes unexploded bombs, live land mines, and chemical agents in the bloodstream of agent orange victims. All will take time to clean up and there are many lives lost in the process of doing just that. "There is no such thing as a good war and there is no such thing as a bad peace." Ben Franklin