Nature at War Nature at War

Nature at War

American Environments and World War II

Thomas Robertson and Others
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Publisher Description

This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens. World War II was a total and global war that involved the extraction, processing, and use of vast quantities of natural resources. The wartime military-industrial complex, the 'Arsenal of Democracy,' experienced tremendous economic growth and technological development, employing resources at a higher intensity than ever before. The war years witnessed transformations in American agriculture; the proliferation of militarized landscapes; the popularization of chemical and pharmaceutical products; a rapid increase in energy consumption and the development of nuclear energy; a remaking of the nation's transportation networks; a shift in population toward the Sunbelt and the West Coast; a vast expansion in the federal government, in conjunction with industrial firms; and the emergence of environmentalism. World War II represented a quantitative and qualitative leap in resource use, with lasting implications for American government, science, society, health, and ecology.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2020
April 2
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
614
Pages
PUBLISHER
Cambridge University Press
SELLER
Cambridge University Press
SIZE
22.3
MB

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