Arming Mother Nature The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism.
- New York : Oxford University Press, USA, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (309 pages)
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Includes bibliographies and index.
When most Americans think of environmentalism, they think of the political left, of vegans dressed in organic-hemp fabric, lofting protest signs. In reality, writes Jacob Darwin Hamblin, the movement--and its dire predictions--owe more to the Pentagon than the counterculture. In Arming Mother Nature, Hamblin argues that military planning for World War III essentially created ""catastrophic environmentalism"": the idea that human activity might cause global natural disasters. This awareness, Hamblin shows, emerged out of dark ambitions, as governments poured funds into environmental science aft.
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Environmental policy--History--United States--20th century. Environmentalism--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century. Environmental sciences--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century. Disasters--Environmental aspects--History--United States--20th century. War--Environmental aspects--History--20th century. Military planning--History--United States--20th century. Cold War--Environmental aspects--History--20th century. Nature--Effect of human beings on--History--20th century. Global environmental change--History--20th century.