Arming Mother Nature The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism

Name: Arming Mother Nature The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism
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ISBN: 9780199740055

ISBN-10: 0199740054

ISBN-13: 9780199740055

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jacob Darwin Hamblin

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Famines. Diseases. Natural catastrophes. In 1945, scientists imagined these as the future faces of war. 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. Biological andradiological weapons, crop destruction, massive fires, artificial earthquakes and tsunamis, ocean current manipulation, sea level tinkering, weather control, and even climate change - all these became avenues of research at the height of the Cold War. By the 1960s, a new phrase had emerged:environmental warfare. The same science - in fact, many of the same people - also led the way in understanding the earth's…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 6/12/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.41" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Total War and Catastrophic Environmentalism



Pathways of Nature



The Natural Vulnerability of Civilizations



Bacteria, Radiation, and Crop Destruction in War Planning



Ecological Invasions and Convulsions



Forces of Nature



Earth under Surveillance



Acts of God and Acts of Man



Wildcat Ideas for Environmental Warfare



Gatekeepers of Nature



The Doomsday Men



Vietnam and the Seeds of Destruction



The Terroristic Science of Environmental Modification



Adjustment or Extinction


Conclusion: The Miracle of Survival


Notes


Index