War and the Environment

War and the Environment
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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 1603441697
ISBN-13 : 9781603441698
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Book Synopsis War and the Environment by : Charles E. Closmann

Download or read book War and the Environment written by Charles E. Closmann and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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