Nature at war: american environments and World War II

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 �...

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Körperschaft: The Nature of War: American Environments and World War II (Veranstaltung) Columbus, Ohio (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Robertson, Thomas 1967- (HerausgeberIn), Tucker, Richard P. 1938- (HerausgeberIn), Breyfogle, Nicholas B. 1968- (HerausgeberIn), Mansoor, Peter R. 1960- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, USA ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2020
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108304146
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108304146
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108304146
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108304146
Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Aus den Acknowledgements: "This volume began as a series of papers presented at the conference "The Nature of War: American Environments and World War II," at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at the Ohio State University, February 25-27, 2016"
Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 375 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9781108304146
DOI:10.1017/9781108304146