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Arming Mother Nature - The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Associate Professor of History, Oregon State University. Author of Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste in the Oceans at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age (Rutgers University Press, 2008), Oceanographers and the Cold War: Disciples of Marine Science (University of Washington Press, 2005), and Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia, 1900-1950 (ABC-CLIO, 2005). Klappentext Are today's environmental crises linked to the plans for World War Three? The United States and its allies prepared for a global struggle against the Soviet Union by using science to extend total war ideas to the natural environment. This book links environmental warfare to the environmental crises of the 1970s and beyond. Zusammenfassung Are today's environmental crises linked to the plans for World War Three? The United States and its allies prepared for a global struggle against the Soviet Union by using science to extend "total war" ideas to the natural environment. This book links environmental warfare to the environmental crises of the 1970s and beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Total War and Catastrophic Environmentalism Part I Pathways of Nature Ch. 1 War as a Clash of Civilizations Ch. 2 Bacteria, Radiation, and Crop Destruction in War Plans Ch. 3 Ecological Invasions and Convulsions Part II Forces of Nature Ch. 4 Earth Under Surveillance Ch. 5 Acts of God and Acts of Man Ch. 6 Wildcat Ideas for Environmental Warfare Part III Gatekeepers of Nature Ch. 7 The Doomsday Men Ch. 8 Vietnam and the Seeds of Destruction Ch. 9 The Terroristic Science of Environmental Modification Ch. 10 Adjustment or Extinction Conclusion The Miracle of Survival Notes Index

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