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Title Arming Mother Nature : the birth of catastrophic environmentalism / Jacob Darwin Hamblin.
Author Hamblin, Jacob Darwin.
Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  363.34 HAM    Check Shelves
Description x, 298 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-286) and index.
Contents Introduction: Total War and Catastrophic Environmentalism -- Part One. Pathways of Nature -- The Natural Vulnerability of Civilizations -- Bacteria, Radiation, and Crop Destruction in War Planning -- Ecological Invasions and Convulsions -- Part Two. Forces of Nature -- Earth Under Surveillance -- Acts of God and Acts of Man -- Wildcat Ideas for Environmental Warfare -- Part Three. 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.
Subject Environmental policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Environmental sciences -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Disasters -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
War -- Environmental aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Military planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Military policy.
Cold War -- Environmental aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History -- 20th century.
Global environmental change -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780199740055 (acid-free paper) : $39.95
0199740054 (acid-free paper)
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