Download or read book The War and Environment Reader written by Gar Smith and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The War and Environment Reader: Human Nature and the Human War on Nature" explores the historical, political and psychological roots of war, the business of war, the environmental and social consequences of war, and the alternatives to war. The "Reader" provides a critical analysis of the devastating consequences of the "war on the environment" with perspectives drawn from a wide array of voices and global perspectives. Contributors include scores of writers and activists, many with first-hand experience of war's impacts on nature. They include: Medea Benjamin, Helen Caldicott, Marjorie Cohn, Daniel Ellsberg, Robert Fisk, Ann Jones, Michael Klare, Winona LaDuke, Jerry Mander, Margaret Mead, Vandana Shiva, David Swanson, Jody Williams, and S. Brian Willson. Gar Smith is editor emeritus of "Earth Island Journal" and a former editor of "Common Ground" magazine. He lives in Berkeley, California.