Natural Enemy, Natural Ally : Toward an Enviromental History of Warfare

Preface and Acknowledgments vi Introduction Edmund Russell and Richard P. Tucker 1(14) The Impact of Warfare on the Natural World: A Historical Survey Richard P. Tucker 15(27) War, the Military, and the Environment: Central India, 1560-1820 Stewart Gordon 42(23) "African Warfare in All Its Ferocity": Changing Military Landscapes and Precolonial and Colonial Conflict in Southern Africa Roger S. Levine 65(28) Gettysburg and the Organic Nature of the American Civil War Mark Fiege 93(17) The World Wars and the Globalization of Timber Cutting Richard P. Tucker 110(32) "Speaking of Annihilation": Mobilizing for War Against Human and Insect Enemies, 1914-1945 Edmund Russell 142(33) War-An Ecological Alternative to Peace? Indirect Impacts of World War II on the Finnish Environment Simo Laakkonen 175(20) Landscapes in the Dark Valley: Toward an Environmental History of Wartime Japan William M. Tsutsui 195(22) Pests and Disease in the Pacific War: Crossing the Line Judith A. Bennett 217(35) Compromising on Conservation: World War II and American Leadership in Whaling Diplomacy Kurk Dorsey 252(18) Authors 270(2) Index 272