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His first book on the subject, ''Waiting for an Army to Die'' ({{ISBN|978-0932020680}}), recounts the effects of the chemical defoliant [[Agent Orange]] on US troops during and after the Vietnam War. The chemical was used to eliminate the dense foliage of the forests in [[Vietnam]], which the US military believed provided cover to enemy fighters. Wilcox follows the lives of US veterans who argue that the chemical was toxic, citing health conditions including cancer and fetal deformations. The book helped bring to light the issue of Agent Orange in the United States when it was first published in 1983.<ref name="prwatch">Rebekah Wilce, [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/09/10983/through-toxic-mirror-vietnamese-and-americans-continue-suffer-effects-agent-orang "Through the Toxic Mirror: Vietnamese and Americans Continue to Suffer Effects of Agent Orange"] PRWatch. September 12, 2012.</ref>
Jon W. Mitchell wrote in ''[[The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus]]'': "In 1989, Fred A. Wilcox chronicled the struggles that US veterans faced in receiving recognition for their exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War in the book ''Waiting For An Army to Die.'' Twenty-two years later, the title still encapsulates the attitude adopted by the Pentagon and the VA towards former service members citing exposure to dioxins on Okinawa."{{
George Claxton, Chair Emeritus of the National Agent Orange/Dioxin Committee of [[Vietnam Veterans of America]], wrote in a book review in Agent Orange Zone, "In the past thirty three years I have read every book published on the tragedy of Agent Orange and dioxin. Beyond a doubt, ''Scorched Earth'' ... is one of the most informative works of truth released on the market." <ref name="Agent Orange Zone">[http://agentorangezone.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-review-scorched-earth-by-fred.html George Claxton]</ref>
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* [http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213053/waiting-for-an-army-to-die-by-fred-a-wilcox/ "Waiting for an Army to Die"]
* [http://www.sevenstories.com/book/?GCOI=58322100565630 ''Scorched Earth'']
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