Arming Mother Nature : the birth of catastrophic environmentalism

Select an Action

Title:

Arming Mother Nature : the birth of catastrophic environmentalism

Author:

Hamblin, Jacob Darwin.

Personal Author:

Hamblin, Jacob Darwin.

Publication Information:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Physical Description:

x, 298 pages ; 25 cm

Language:

English

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.

Subject Term:

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.

Cold War -- Environmental aspects -- History -- 20th century.

Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History -- 20th century.

Global environmental change -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Military policy.