Arming Mother Nature : the birth of catastrophic environmentalism / / Jacob Darwin Hamblin

• Autore: Hamblin Jacob Darwin
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 298 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.340973
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - United States - History - 20th century; Environmentalism - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Environmental sciences - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Military policy
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-286) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Are today's environmental crises linked to the plans for World War 3? The United States and its allies prepared for a global struggle against the Soviet Union by using science to extend 'total war' ideas to the natural environment. This book links environmental warfare to the environmental crises of the 1970s and beyond.
• Titolo autorizzato: Arming mother nature
• ISBN: 0-19-991159-2; 0-19-990849-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788589103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II