Expendable Americans

by Paul Brodeur

Book by Brodeur, Paul

274 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 1974

Reviews

[Anna Engel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written only a few short years after the creation of OSHA and NIOSH, "Expendable Americans" is an attempt to expose the supposedly nefarious dealings between government, industry, and academia. He goes into minute, excruciating detail about who talked to whom, which people belonged to which organizations, and how money corrupts all. The second half of the book is painful to read, as it's just "conversations" with various experts, with each person speaking a full paragraph, then another paragraph, ad nauseum. It's informative in places, and interesting within a wider historical context, but overall it was hard to get through.

[T · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in 1974. Correct title is "Expendable Americans."