Natural Enemy, Natural Ally : Toward An Environmental History of War Paperback / softback
by Richard Tucker
Paperback / softback
Description
Contributors to this volume explore the dynamic between war and the physical environment from a variety of provocative viewpoints.
The subjects of their essays range from conflicts in colonial India and South Africa to the U.S.
Civil War and twentieth-century wars in Japan, Finland, and the Pacific Islands.
Among the topics explored are: - the ways in which landscape can influence military strategies - why the decisive battle of the American Civil War was fought - the impact of war and peace on timber resources - the spread of pests and disease in wartime.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:277 pages
- Publisher:Oregon State University
- Publication Date:30/11/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780870710476
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:277 pages
- Publisher:Oregon State University
- Publication Date:30/11/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780870710476