War and the Environment
Download or Read eBook War and the Environment PDF written by Charles Edwin Closmann and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Charles Edwin Closmann |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781603443807 |
ISBN-13 | : 1603443800 |
Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis War and the Environment by : Charles Edwin Closmann
Book excerpt: 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 Sherman's scorched-earth tactics during his 1864-65 March to the Sea, and the effects of wartime policy upon U.S. and German conservation practices during World War II.