Nature at War: American Environments and World War II

ISBN-13: 9781108412070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 387 str.

Thomas B. Robertson; Richard P. Tucker; Nicholas B. Breyfogle

Opis

This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens.

Recenzje

'Nature at War offers the first book length analysis of the environmental developments during World War II in the United States, and raises questions of thunderous importance for the rest of the world as well.' Simo Laakkonen, University of Turku

Spis treści

Preface: American environments and the Second World War Peter Mansoor; Acknowledgments; Introduction: total war and American nature Thomas Robertson and Richard P. Tucker; Part I. New Weapons, New Spaces: 1. A war of mobility: transportation, American productive power, and the environment during World War II Thomas Robertson and Christopher W. Wells; 2. For land's sake: World War II military land acquisition and alteration Jean Mansavage; Part II. Military Materials I (Inorganic): 3. 'Tanks Are Born Underground': mining and World War II Kent Curtis; 4. Fueling the 'American Century': establishing the US petroleum imperative Brian Black; Part III. Military Materials II (Organic): 5. Soldiers of the soil: labor, nature, and American agriculture during World War II Kendra Smith-Howard; 6. When meals became weapons: American food in World War II Kellen Backer; 7. From field to foxhole: cigarettes and soldiers in World War II Joel R. Bius; Part IV. New Landscapes: Cities and Coasts: 8. A watery grave?: World War II and the environment on the American Gulf Coast Christopher M. Rein; 9. World War II and the urban environment: redirecting American politics in Los Angeles and beyond Sarah S. Elkind; Part V. New Frontiers: Microbes, Molecules, and Atoms: 10. Battling insects and infection: American chemical and pharmaceutical expansion during World War II Martha N. Gardner; 11. Shattered worlds: place, environment, and militarized landscapes at the dawn of atomic America Ryan H. Edgington; Part VI. Conservation: 12. Total war and the total environment: World War II and the shift from conservation to environmentalism Thomas Robertson; Index.