War and the Environment: Military Destruction in the Modern

War and the Environment: Military Destruction in the Modern Age (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)

In recent times, the devastation occurring in places like Darfur has focused the worldâ€™s attention on the intertwined relationship of military conflict and the environmentâ€”and the attendant human suffering.
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In War and the Environment, eleven scholars explore, among other topics, the environmental ravages of trench warfare in World War I, the exploitation of Philippine forests for military purposes from the Spanish colonial period through 1945, William Tecumseh Shermanâ€™s scorched-earth tactics during his 1864â€“65 March to the Sea, and the effects of wartime policy upon U.S. and German conservation practices during World War II.
Country USA
Brand Texas A&M University Press
Manufacturer Texas A&M University Press
Binding Paperback
Height 9
Length 6
Weight 0.85098433132
Width 0.5
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

War and the Environment: Military Destruction in the Modern Age (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)