Proving Grounds: Militarized Landscapes, Weapons Testing, and the Environmental Impact of U.S. Bases
Author:   Edwin A. Martini
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
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9780295994659


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Proving Grounds: Militarized Landscapes, Weapons Testing, and the Environmental Impact of U.S. Bases


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Author:   Edwin A. Martini
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780295994659


ISBN 10:   0295994657
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Defending the Nation, Protecting the Land 2. Weather, Otters, and Bombs 3. Incident at Galisteo 4. “This Is Really Bad Stuff Buried Here” 5. The War on Plants 6. Addressing Environmental Risks and Mobilizing Democracy? 7. Reality Revealed 8. A Wildlife Insurgency 9. Restoration and Meaning on Former Military Lands in the United States Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

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Proving Grounds is an excellent collection of essays examining various aspects of the U.S. military's relationship to the environment. -- Sasha Davis Journal of American History Historian Edwin Martini has assembled a fine cast of scholars for examining the environmental impact and legacy of US military bases during the twentieth century... [T]he editor and his team are to be commended for highlighting the issues and furthering informed debate. -- Christopher M. Rein Environmental History


Historian Edwin Martini has assembled a fine cast of scholars for examining the environmental impact and legacy of US military bases during the twentieth century... The editor and his team are to be commended for highlighting the issues and furthering informed debate. -- Christopher M. Rein Environmental History Proving Grounds is an excellent collection of essays examining various aspects of the U.S. military's relationship to the environment. -- Sasha Davis Journal of American History


Author Information

Edwin A. Martini is professor of history at Western Michigan University. He is the author of Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty and Invisible Enemies: The American War on Vietnam, 1975–2000. The contributors are Yooil Bae, Leisl Carr Childers, Brandon C. Davis, Heejin Han, David G. Havlick, Katherine M. Keirns, Neil Oatsvall, Jennifer Liss Ohayon, and Daniel Weimer.

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