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In a fascinating and original study that blends ecology and politics, Arvid Nelson uses East Germany's landscape, its mismanagement of its forests, and the Party's 'war on the land' as a window to help us understand the still-astounding collapse of communism. In so doing, he also makes clear why environmental devastation is one of the truly lasting legacies of communism and its 'scientific socialism.' -Daniel Yergin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Prize and of The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy -- Daniel Yergin Nelson directly addresses how bankrupt political systems and inept political leaders can destroy the health of forests and the communities that depend on them. A lucid and invigorating book. -Paul V. Ellefson, University of Minnesota -- Paul V. Ellefson This is a truly remarkable book, one that provides an insightful view through a forest/forestry lens of one of the fatal flaws within East German communist economic policy-the failure to take either environment or natural resource management into account. -Thomas E. Lovejoy, president, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment -- Thomas E. Lovejoy

Nelson directly addresses how bankrupt political systems and inept political leaders can destroy the health of forests and the communities that depend on them. A lucid and invigorating book. --Paul V. Ellefson, University of Minnesota--Paul V. Ellefson

Nelson directly addresses how bankrupt political systems and inept political leaders can destroy the health of forests and the communities that depend on them. A lucid and invigorating book. -Paul V. Ellefson, University of Minnesota -- Paul V. Ellefson

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Arvid Nelson is lecturer and assistant professor adjunct, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and trustee, governor and secretary, Smith Richardson Foundation.

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