| Description |
viii, 295 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-282) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Last call for illusions -- Who killed Ekaru Loruman? -- Military soothsayers -- War for a small planet : adaptation as counterinsurgency -- Pt. II. Africa -- Geopolitics of a cattle raid -- Monsoons and tipping points -- The rise and fall of East African states -- Somali apocalypse -- Theorizing failed states -- Pt. III. Asia -- Drugs, drought and Jihad : environmental history of the Afghanistan War -- Kyrgyzstan's little climate war -- India and Pakistan : glaciers, rivers, and unfinished business -- India's drought rebels -- Pt. IV. Latin America -- Rio's agony : from extreme weather to "planet of slums" -- Golgotha mexicana : climate refugees, free trade, and the war next door -- American walls and demagogues -- Implications and possibilities. |
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Climatic changes -- Political aspects.
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Geopolitics -- Environmental aspects.
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Violence -- Environmental aspects.
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Political violence -- Environmental aspects.
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| ISBN |
9781568586007 hardback $25.99 |
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1568586000 hardback |
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