Proving Grounds (eBook)

Militarized Landscapes, Weapons Testing, and the Environmental Impact of U.S. Bases

Edwin A. Martini (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
320 Seiten
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-80594-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Proving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environmental impact that the U.S. military presence has had at home and abroad. The essays in this collection survey the environmental damage caused by weapons testing and military bases to local residents, animal populations, and landscapes, and they examine the militarys efforts to close and repurpose basesoften as wildlife reserves. Together they present a complex and nuanced view that embraces the ironies, contradictions, and unintended consequences of U.S. militarism around the world. In complicating our understanding of the American militarys worldwide presence, the essayists also reveal the rare cases when the military is actually ahead of the curve on environmental regulation compared to the private sector. The result is the most comprehensive examination to date of the U.S. militarys environmental footprintfor better or worseacross the globe.

Autor

Edwin A. Martini is professor of history at Western Michigan University. He is the author of Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty and Invisible Enemies: The American War on Vietnam, 1975–2000. The contributors are Yooil Bae, Leisl Carr Childers, Brandon C. Davis, Heejin Han, David G. Havlick, Katherine M. Keirns, Neil Oatsvall, Jennifer Liss Ohayon, and Daniel Weimer.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Defending the Nation, Protecting the Land2. Weather, Otters, and Bombs3. Incident at Galisteo4. “This Is Really Bad Stuff Buried Here”5. The War on Plants6. Addressing Environmental Risks and Mobilizing Democracy?7. Reality Revealed8. A Wildlife Insurgency9. Restoration and Meaning on Former Military Lands in the United StatesSelected BibliographyContributorsIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.6.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications
• Reihe/Serie: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications
• Reihe/Serie: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications
• Reihe/Serie: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications
• Verlagsort: Seattle
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Enviromental History, Military History, Public Policy
• ISBN-10: 0-295-80594-3 / 0295805943
• ISBN-13: 978-0-295-80594-8 / 9780295805948