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Arthur H. Westing Pioneer on the Environmental Impact of War /

Since the 1960s the environment has become an issue of increasing public concern in North America and elsewhere.  Triggered by the Second Indochina War (Vietnam Conflict) of 1961-1975, and further encouraged by the International Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in 1972, the env...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Westing, Arthur H. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, 1
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: War and the environment
  • The environmental impact of war: a personal retrospective
  • What next?: a search for environmental security in war and peace
  • The author's relevant papers: a selective listing
  • Part II: Benchmark papers by the author: an annotated selection
  • The Second Indochina War of 1961-1975: its environmental impact
  • The Gulf War of 1991: its environmental impact
  • Environmental war: hostile manipulations of the environment.-Nuclear war: its environmental impact
  • Protecting the environment in war: legal constraints
  • Protecting the environment in war: military guidelines.