War and the Environment : Military Destruction in the Modern Age
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1603441158
ISBN-13
9781603441155
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press
Imprint
Texas A & M University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 30th, 2009
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
523 grams
Dimensions
23.80 x 15.70 x 2.00 cms
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Explores, among other topics, the environmental ravages of trench warfare in World War I, the exploitation of Philippine forests for military purposes from the Spanish colonial period through 1945, and William Tecumseh Sherman's scorched-earth tactics during his 1864-65 March to the Sea.
In recent times, the devastation occurring in places like Darfur has focused the world''s attention on the intertwined relationship of military conflict and the environment - and the attendant human suffering. In ""War and the Environment"", eleven scholars explore, among other topics, the environmental ravages of trench warfare in World War I, the exploitation of Philippine forests for military purposes from the Spanish colonial period through 1945, William Tecumseh Sherman''s scorched-earth tactics during his 1864-65 March to the Sea, and the effects of wartime policy upon U.S. and German conservation practices during World War II.
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