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Scorched Earth : environmental warfare as a crime against humanity and nature /

A global history of environmental warfare and the case for why it should be a crime. The environmental infrastructure that sustains human societies has been a target and instrument of war for centuries, resulting in famine and disease, displaced populations, and the devastation of people's live...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kreike, Emmanuel, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Colección:Human rights and crimes against humanity.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Environcide, Society, and Total War
  • The Dogs of War and the Water Wolf in Holland : Environcide during the Late 16th-Century Dutch Revolt
  • Scorched Earth, Black Legend : Environcide and the Early 16th-Century Spanish Conquest of America
  • Environcide in the Dutch Golden Age : The Thirty Years War in Brabant, 1621-48
  • Raiders and Refugees : Environcide, Displacement, and Disease in 17th-Century Eastern North America
  • (Un)Limited War and Environcide in the Age of Reason : The Low Countries, France, and Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-14
  • Total War and Environcide in the Age of Reason : The Low Countries, France, and Italy during the War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48
  • A Global Way of War in the Age of Reason : Environcide and Genocide in 18th-Century America, Africa, and Asia
  • Refugees, Removals, and Reservations : Environcide in the American West in the 19th Century
  • Scorched Dutch East Indies : The Late 19th-Century Colonial Conquest of Aceh, Indonesia
  • Scorched African Savannas : Colonial Conquest and the First World War in Early 20th-Century Angola and Namibia
  • Conclusion : Environcide as a Crime against Humanity and Nature.