Natural Enemy, Natural Ally: Toward an Enviromental History of Warfare (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780870710476)

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: Richard Tucker
ISBN-10: 0870710478
ISBN-13: 9780870710476
Publisher: Oregon State University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2004
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.04w x 0.60d