{"product_id":"9783642313219","title":"SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice: Pioneer on the Environmental Impact of War","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice: Pioneer on the Environmental Impact of War\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWesting, Arthur H.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 1960s the environment has become an issue of increasing public concern in North America and elsewhere.  Triggered by the Second Indochina War (Vietnam Conflict) of 1961-1975, and further encouraged by the International Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in 1972, the environmental impact of war emerged and grew as a topic of research in the natural and the social sciences.  And in the late 1980s this led additionally to a focus and debate on environmental security.  Arthur Westing, a forest ecologist, was a major pioneer contributing and framing both of those debates conceptually, theoretically, and empirically, starting with \u003ci\u003eHarvest of Death:  Chemical Warfare in Vietnam and Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) (co-authored with wildlife biologist E.W. Pfeiffer and others).  As a Senior Researcher at the Stockholm and Oslo International Peace Research Institutes (SIPRI and PRIO), and as a Professor of Ecology at Windham and Hampshire Colleges, Westing authored and edited books on \u003ci\u003eEcological Consequences of the Second Indochina War\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \u003ci\u003eWeapons of Mass Destruction and the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), \u003ci\u003eWarfare in a Fragile World:  Military Impact on the Human Environment\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), \u003ci\u003eHerbicides in War:  the Long-term Ecological and Human Consequences\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Warfare:  a Technical, Legal and Policy Appraisal\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eExplosive Remnants of War:  Mitigating the Environmental Effects\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), \u003ci\u003eGlobal Resources and International Conflict:  Environmental Factors in Strategic Policy and Action\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eCultural Norms, War and the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e (1988), \u003ci\u003eComprehensive Security for the Baltic:  an Environmental Approach\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), and \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Hazards of War:  Releasing Dangerous Forces in an Industrialized World\u003c\/i\u003e (1990) --- as well as authoring numerous UN reports, book chapters, and journal articles.  This volume combines six of his pioneering contributions on theenvironmental consequences of warfare in Viet Nam and in Kuwait, on the environmental impact of nuclear war, and on legal constraints and military guidelines for protecting the environment in wartime\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-08-20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783642313219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-642-31322-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 150\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45587177275532,"sku":"9783642313219","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783642313219_c7334cc8-3d64-417e-9c96-f9ad009b4e48.jpg?v=1775822979","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783642313219","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}