Arming Mother Nature
Author | : Jacob Darwin Hamblin |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2013-05-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199740055 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199740054 |
Rating | : 4/5 (054 Downloads) |
Download or read book Arming Mother Nature written by Jacob Darwin Hamblin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 after World War II.