The eight myths of operation ‘desert storm’ and gulf war syndrome
- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Medicine, Conflict and Survival
- Vol. 13 (2) , 140-146
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13623699708409329
Abstract
Several conventional claims regarding Gulf War Syndrome are criticized: that Gulf War veterans are no sicker than the civilian population as a whole; that Gulf War Syndrome is a myth invented by the press; that GWS cannot be defined as a legitimate medical syndrome; that since its cause cannot be determined, it is not a problem associated with Operation ‘Desert Storm'; that the US and UK governments are doing all they can to investigate and treat illness in veterans or deny existence of over 100,000 cases in veterans and their families; that GWS will settle without treatment; that the armed forces were well prepared for integrated conflict involving chemical and biological warfare in the Middle East, increasing the risk of this in the future.Keywords
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