Animals and war : confronting the military-animal industrial complex / / edited by Colin Salter, Anthony J. Nocella II, Judy K. C. Bentley
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| Titolo: |
Animals and war : confronting the military-animal industrial complex / / edited by Colin Salter, Anthony J. Nocella II, Judy K. C. Bentley
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.4/24 |
| Soggetto topico: | Animals - War use |
| Animal welfare | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
SalterColin <1957->
NocellaAnthony J
BentleyJudy K. C
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ANIMALS AND WAR; CONTENTS; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction Introducing the Military-Animal Industrial Complex; Chapter One Animals as Vehicles of War; Chapter Two Front Toward Animals: Animal Exploitation in U.S. Military Medical Training Exercises; Chapter Three Nonhuman Animals as Weapons of War; Chapter Four War: Animals in the Aftermath; Chapter Five Animals at War; Chapter Six The Future of War and Animals; Conclusion A Critical Animal and Peace Studies Argument to Ending All Wars; Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Animals and War: Confronting the Military-Animal Industrial Complex</span><span> is the first book to examine how nonhuman animals are used for war by military forces. Each chapter delves deeply into modes of nonhuman animal exploitation: as weapons, test subjects, and transportation, and as casualties of war leading to homelessness, starvation, and death. With leading scholar-activists writing each chapter, this is an important text in the fields of peace studies and critical animal studies. This is a must read for anyone interested in ending war and f |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Animals and war |
| ISBN: | 1-4985-2086-3 |
| 0-7391-8652-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453642803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Critical Animal Studies and Theory