The Resource The invention of ecocide : Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the scientists who changed the way we think about the environment, David Zierler
The invention of ecocide : Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the scientists who changed the way we think about the environment, David Zierler
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- Summary
- As the public increasingly questioned the war in Vietnam, a group of American scientists deeply concerned about the use of Agent Orange and other herbicides started a movement to ban what they called "ecocide." David Zierler traces this movement, starting in the 1940s, when weed killer was developed in agricultural circles and theories of counterinsurgency were studied by the military. These two trajectories converged in 1961 with Operation Ranch Hand, the joint U.S.-South Vietnamese mission to use herbicidal warfare as a means to defoliate large areas of enemy territory. Driven by the idea that humans were altering the world's ecology for the worse, a group of scientists relentlessly challenged Pentagon assurances of safety, citing possible long-term environmental and health effects. It wasn't until 1970 that the scientists gained access to sprayed zones confirming that a major ecological disaster had occurred. Their findings convinced the U.S. government to renounce first use of herbicides in future wars and, Zierler argues, fundamentally reoriented thinking about warfare and environmental security in the next forty years. Incorporating in-depth interviews, unique archival collections, and recently declassified national security documents, Zierler examines the movement to ban ecocide as it played out amid the rise of a global environmental consciousness and growing disillusionment with the containment policies of the cold war era. -- Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 245 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- An etymology of ecocide
- Agent Orange before Vietnam
- Gadgets and guerrillas
- Herbicidal warfare
- Science, ethics, and dissent
- Surveying a catastrope
- Against protocol
- Conclusion: ecocide and international security
- Isbn
- 9780820338262
- Label
- The invention of ecocide : Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the scientists who changed the way we think about the environment
- Title
- The invention of ecocide
- Title remainder
- Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the scientists who changed the way we think about the environment
- Statement of responsibility
- David Zierler
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- As the public increasingly questioned the war in Vietnam, a group of American scientists deeply concerned about the use of Agent Orange and other herbicides started a movement to ban what they called "ecocide." David Zierler traces this movement, starting in the 1940s, when weed killer was developed in agricultural circles and theories of counterinsurgency were studied by the military. These two trajectories converged in 1961 with Operation Ranch Hand, the joint U.S.-South Vietnamese mission to use herbicidal warfare as a means to defoliate large areas of enemy territory. Driven by the idea that humans were altering the world's ecology for the worse, a group of scientists relentlessly challenged Pentagon assurances of safety, citing possible long-term environmental and health effects. It wasn't until 1970 that the scientists gained access to sprayed zones confirming that a major ecological disaster had occurred. Their findings convinced the U.S. government to renounce first use of herbicides in future wars and, Zierler argues, fundamentally reoriented thinking about warfare and environmental security in the next forty years. Incorporating in-depth interviews, unique archival collections, and recently declassified national security documents, Zierler examines the movement to ban ecocide as it played out amid the rise of a global environmental consciousness and growing disillusionment with the containment policies of the cold war era. -- Publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zierler, David
- Dewey number
- 576.8/4
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GF75
- LC item number
- .Z54 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nature
- Extinction (Biology)
- Agent Orange
- Agent Orange
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Nature
- Extinction (Biology)
- Agent Orange
- Agent Orange
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Label
- The invention of ecocide : Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the scientists who changed the way we think about the environment, David Zierler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-232) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- An etymology of ecocide -- Agent Orange before Vietnam -- Gadgets and guerrillas -- Herbicidal warfare -- Science, ethics, and dissent -- Surveying a catastrope -- Against protocol -- Conclusion: ecocide and international security
- Control code
- 673414854
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 245 pages
- Isbn
- 9780820338262
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2010044005
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)673414854
- Label
- The invention of ecocide : Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the scientists who changed the way we think about the environment, David Zierler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-232) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- An etymology of ecocide -- Agent Orange before Vietnam -- Gadgets and guerrillas -- Herbicidal warfare -- Science, ethics, and dissent -- Surveying a catastrope -- Against protocol -- Conclusion: ecocide and international security
- Control code
- 673414854
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 245 pages
- Isbn
- 9780820338262
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2010044005
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)673414854
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