Natural Enemy Natural Ally

Author : Richard P. Tucker,Edmund Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114264299

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Natural Enemy, Natural Ally by Richard P. Tucker,Edmund Russell Pdf

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.

Author : C. Pearson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230228733

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Scarred Landscapes by C. Pearson Pdf

Based on detailed archival research and site visits, Scarred Landscapes is the first environmental history of Vichy France. From mountains and marshlands to foresters and resisters, it examines the intricate and often surprising connections between war, history, and the 'natural' environment during these turbulent years.

Author : Edmund Russell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0521790034

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War and Nature by Edmund Russell Pdf

While cultural and scholarly traditions have led us to believe that war and control of nature are separate, there are many more similarities than most people might suspect. Tracing the history of chemical warfare and pest control, Edmund Russell shows how war and control of nature coevolved. Ideologically, institutionally, and technologically, the paths of chemical warfare and pest control intersected repeatedly in the twentieth century. War and Nature helps us to understand the impact of war on nature and vice versa, as well as the development of total war, and the rise of the modern environmental movement. Edmund Russell is an assistant professor in the Division of Technology, Culture, and Communication in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. This is his first book.

Author : Andrew Christian Isenberg
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195324907

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The Oxford Handbook of Environmental History by Andrew Christian Isenberg Pdf

This book explores the methodology of environmental history, with an emphasis on the field's interaction with other historiographies such as consumerism, borderlands, and gender. It examines the problem of environmental context, specifically the problem and perception of environmental determinism, by focusing on climate, disease, fauna, and regional environments. It also considers the changing understanding of scientific knowledge.

Author : Bruce Rich
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807095539

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To Uphold the World by Bruce Rich Pdf

In 1991, Bruce Rich traveled to Orissa and gazed upon the rock edicts erected by the Indian emperor Ashoka over 2,200 years ago. Intrigued by the stone inscriptions that declared religious tolerance, conservation, nonviolence, species protection, and human rights, Rich was drawn into Ashoka's world. Ashoka was a powerful conqueror who converted to Buddhism on the heels of a bloody war, yet his empire rested on a political system that prioritized material wealth and amoral realpolitik. This system had been perfected by Kautilya, a statesman who wrote the world's first treatise on economics. In this powerful critique of the current wave of globalization, Rich urgently calls for a new global ethic, distilling the messages of Ashoka and Kautilya while reflecting on thinkers from across the ages—from Aristotle and Adam Smith to George Soros.

Author : John Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : United States
ISBN : OSU:32437011513799

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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States by John Adams Pdf

Author : ADAMS
Publisher : Best Books on
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1856-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781623764685

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The works of John Adams, second President of the United States. Volume 7 by ADAMS Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNF:CF990985566

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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution. Being the Letters of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adams, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard, Francis Dana, William Carmichael, Henry Laurens, John Laurens, M. de Lafayette, M. Dumas, and Others, Concerning the Foreign Relations of the United States During the Whole Revolution; Together with the Letters in Reply from the Secret Committee of Congress, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs : Also, the Entire Correspondence of the French Ministers, Gerard and Luzerne, with Congress. Published Under the Direction of the President of the United States, from the Original Manuscripts in the Department of State, Conformably to a Resolution of Congress, of March 27th, 1818. Edited by Jared Sparks. Vol. 1. [- 12.] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Francis Wharton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Diplomacy
ISBN : NWU:35556002436665

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The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the U. S. by Francis Wharton Pdf

Correspondence from the records of the Department of State, from family archives and from published memoirs. Designed to correct, complete and enlarge the Diplomatic correspondence of the American Revolution, Boston, 1829-1830, published by Jared Sparks under the direction of Congress.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11733359

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House documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : Francis Wharton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by Francis Wharton Pdf

Author : Manfred J. Holler
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : International finance
ISBN : 9783892650744

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Letter to the Queen by Manfred J. Holler Pdf

Author : Carl von Clausewitz
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Science
ISBN : EAN:4066339538344

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On War by Carl von Clausewitz Pdf

"On War" by Carl von Clausewitz (translated by J. J. Graham). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Chris Pearson,Peter Coates,Tim Cole
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441125606

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Militarized Landscapes by Chris Pearson,Peter Coates,Tim Cole Pdf

The black smoke billowing from burning oil wells during the Gulf War of 1990-91 directed media and public attention towards war's devastating environmental impact. Yet even before the first bomb is dropped, preparation for warfare materially and imaginatively reshapes rural landscapes and environments. This volume is the first to explore the comparative histories and geographies of militarized landscapes. Moving beyond the narrow definition of militarized landscapes as theatres of war, it treats them as simultaneously material and cultural sites that have been partially or fully mobilized to achieve military aims. Ranging from the Korean DMZ to nuclear testing sites in the American West, and from Gettysburg to Salisbury Plain, Militarized Landscapes focuses on these often secretive, hidden, dangerous and invariably controversial sites that occupy huge swathes of national territories.

Author : Jason W. Smith
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469640457

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To Master the Boundless Sea by Jason W. Smith Pdf

As the United States grew into an empire in the late nineteenth century, notions like "sea power" derived not only from fleets, bases, and decisive battles but also from a scientific effort to understand and master the ocean environment. Beginning in the early nineteenth century and concluding in the first years of the twentieth, Jason W. Smith tells the story of the rise of the U.S. Navy and the emergence of American ocean empire through its struggle to control nature. In vividly told sketches of exploration, naval officers, war, and, most significantly, the ocean environment, Smith draws together insights from environmental, maritime, military, and naval history, and the history of science and cartography, placing the U.S. Navy's scientific efforts within a broader cultural context. By recasting and deepening our understanding of the U.S. Navy and the United States at sea, Smith brings to the fore the overlooked work of naval hydrographers, surveyors, and cartographers. In the nautical chart's soundings, names, symbols, and embedded narratives, Smith recounts the largely untold story of a young nation looking to extend its power over the boundless sea.