A global history of environmental warfare and the case for why it
should be a crime The environmental infrastructure that sustains
human societies has been a target and instrument of war for
centuries, resulting in famine and disease, displaced populations,
and the devastation of people’s livelihoods and ways of life.
Scorched Earth traces the history of scorched earth, military
inundations, and armies living off the land from the sixteenth to
the twentieth century, arguing that the resulting deliberate
destruction of the environment—"environcide"—constitutes total
war and is a crime against humanity and nature. In this sweeping
global history, Emmanuel Kreike shows how religious war in Europe
transformed Holland into a desolate swamp where hunger and the
black death ruled. He describes how Spanish conquistadores
exploited the irrigation works and expansive agricultural terraces
of the Aztecs and Incas, triggering a humanitarian crisis of
catastrophic proportions. Kreike demonstrates how environmental
warfare has continued unabated into the modern era. His panoramic
narrative takes readers from the Thirty Years' War to the wars of
France's Sun King, and from the Dutch colonial wars in North
America and Indonesia to the early twentieth century colonial
conquest of southwestern Africa. Shedding light on the premodern
origins and the lasting consequences of total war, Scorched Earth
explains why ecocide and genocide are not separate phenomena, and
why international law must recognize environmental warfare as a
violation of human rights.
General
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity |
| Release date: |
2021 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
Emmanuel Kreike
|
| Dimensions: |
241 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
538 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-13742-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-691-13742-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780691137421 |
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