Warfare in a Fragile World - Military Impact on the Human Environment

This book, first published in 1980, examines the extent to which warfare and other military activities contribute to environmental degradation. The military capability to damage the environment has escalated. The military use and abuse of each of the several major global habitats - temperate, tropical, desert, arctic, insular and oceanic - are evaluated separately in the light of the civil use and abuse of that habitat.

List of contents

1. The Human Environment  2. Temperate Regions  3. Tropical Regions  4. Desert Regions  5. Arctic Regions  6. Islands  7. The Ocean  8. The Global Ecology

Summary

This book, first published in 1980, examines the extent to which warfare and other military activities contribute to environmental degradation. The military use and abuse of each of the several major global habitats are evaluated separately in the light of the civil use and abuse of that habitat.

Product details

• Authors: Sipri
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2022
• EAN: 9780367714727
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71472-7
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: International Security Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Conflict Resolution & Mediation, The environment, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence