Arming Mother Nature - The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism

Zusatztext Jacob Hamblin's new book is a clearly and calmly told tale of the American effort to conscript nature -from the seafloor to the stratosphere -for potential active duty during the Cold War. Well researched in U.S. and European archives, it finds the roots of modern apocalyptic environmentalism in the hair-raising deeds and often hare-brained schemes of an American scientific-military complex under pressure to find ways to prevail against the USSR. It sheds new light on the old adage that is a miracle anyone survived the Cold War." Informationen zum Autor Jacob Darwin Hamblin is Associate Professor of History at Oregon State University. His books include Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste in the Oceans at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age, Oceanographers and the Cold War, and Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia. Klappentext When most Americans think of environmentalism, they think of the political left, of vegans dressed in organic-hemp fabric, lofting protest signs. In reality, writes Jacob Darwin Hamblin, the movement--and its dire predictions--owe more to the Pentagon than the counterculture. 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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• Authors: Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Jacob (Associate Professor of Hist Darwin Hamblin, Jacob Darwin Hamblin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780190674151
• ISBN: 978-0-19-067415-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Print on demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Climate Change, Global Warming, SCIENCE / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, military history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, General & world history, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Science / Environmental Science, General and world history, History of the Americas, Environmentalist thought and ideology