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Autore: | Zierler David <1979-> |
Titolo: | The invention of ecocide : agent orange, Vietnam, and the scientists who changed the way we think about the environment / / David Zierler |
Pubblicazione: | Athens [Ga.], : University of Georgia Press, c2011 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina: | 576.8/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Nature - Effect of human beings on |
Extinction (Biology) | |
Agent Orange - Health aspects | |
Agent Orange - Toxicology | |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Chemical warfare | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- An etymology of ecocide -- Agent Orange before Vietnam -- Gadgets and guerrillas -- Herbicidal warfare -- Science, ethics, and dissent -- Surveying a catastrope -- Against protocol -- Conclusion: ecocide and international security. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Incorporating in-depth interviews, unique archival collections, and recently declassified national security documents, Zierler examines the movement to ban ecocide as it played out amid the rise of a global environmental consciousness and growing disillusionment with the containment policies of the cold war era. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The invention of ecocide |
ISBN: | 1-283-11040-7 |
9786613110404 | |
0-8203-3978-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910806126603321 |
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