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Arming Mother Nature : the birth of catastrophic environmentalism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamblin, Jacob Darwin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Environmental policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Environmentalism > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Environmental sciences > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Disasters > Environmental aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
War > Environmental aspects > History > 20th century.
Military planning > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Military policy.
Cold War > Environmental aspects > History > 20th century.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > History > 20th century.
Global environmental change > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Total War and Catastrophic Environmentalism
  • Part One. Pathways of Nature
  • The Natural Vulnerability of Civilizations
  • Bacteria, Radiation, and Crop Destruction in War Planning
  • Ecological Invasions and Convulsions
  • Part Two. Forces of Nature
  • Earth Under Surveillance
  • Acts of God and Acts of Man
  • Wildcat Ideas for Environmental Warfare
  • Part Three. Gatekeepers of Nature
  • The Doomsday Men
  • Vietnam and the Seeds of Destruction
  • The Terroristic Science of Environmental Modification
  • Adjustment or Extinction
  • Conclusion: The Miracle of Survival.