The War and Environment Reader by Smith, Gar -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Enheduanna’s Lament Introduction: Beyond Terracide and Permawar Part I: Permawar—Human Nature and War

The Roots of War

Stones to Drones: A History of War on Earth Patriarchy and War: Treating Nature Like Dirt U.S. Exceptionalism: The Hubris That Fuels Wars Blowback: Climate Change and Resource Wars War Is Not Biological Lessons from the Bonobos

The Business of War

War Is a Racket War as an Economic Strategy An Empire of Military Bases The High Costs of a Warfare Economy Disaster Capitalism on the Battlefield “False Flags”: How Wars Are Packaged and Sold Banking on the Bomb: Investing in Nuclear Weapons Recruiting America’s Child Soldiers

Part II: Terracide—The War on Nature

Nature in the Crosshairs

Afghanistan: Bombing the Land of the Snow Leopard Africa: Wars on Wildlife El Salvador: Scorched Earth in Central America Guam: The Tip of America’s Global Spear Kuwait: The War That Wounded the World Serbia: The Impact of NATO’s Bombs Sardinia: Bombs and Cancer in Paradise Vietnam: Delivering Death to the A Luoi Valley

Collateral Damage

Baghdad: A Civilization Torn to Pieces Ukraine: Civil War and Combat Pollution Syria: Cities Reduced to Toxic Rubble Wars and Refugees Civilian Victims of Killer Drones The Navy’s Sonic War on Whales

A Field Guide to Militarism

The Militarization of Native Lands Wars Are No Longer Fought on Battlefields War on Land: Toxic Burdens and Military Exercises War on the Sea: Islands under Siege Wars for Sand: The Mortar of Empires War at a Distance: Long-Range Missiles War in Space: Astro-Imperialism

The Machinery of Mayhem

Fueling the Engines of Empire Superpower, Superpolluter Jet Fright: The Impacts of Military Aircraft Land Mines: The Smallest WMDs Explosive Arsenals: “Bomblets” to “Near-Nukes” Weather as a Weapon: “Owning the Weather in 2025” Nuclear Doomsday

The Aftermath

Graveyards, Waste, and War Junk The Pentagon’s Toxic Burn Pits America’s “Downwinders” Atomic Islands and “Jellyfish Babies” Haunted by Memories of War The War Zone That Became a New Eden

Part III: Ecolibrium—Pathways to a Planet at Peace

Toward Ecolibrium

Take the Profit Out of War Ecology and War Why We Oppose War and Militarism In Defense of the Environment Protecting Nature from War

Strategies for a More Peaceful World International Peace and Environmental Organizations About the Contributors Acknowledgments Permissions