Metal of Dishonor: How Depleted Uranium Penetrates Steel, Radiates People and Contaminates the EnvironmentThe drastic health and environmental consequences of a new generation of radioactive weapons, Depleted Uranium (DU), currently being used in U. S. waged wars are discussed in these essays. This "new kind of nuclear war" is examined alongside the effects on Vietnam and Gulf war veterans and the indigenous people on whose land these weapons are being tested. Among the issues covered are the collaborative military and media cover up of DU, the