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Nature at War - American Environments and World War II (Paperback)
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Nature at War - American Environments and World War II (Paperback)
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This anthology is the first sustained examination of American
involvement in World War II through an environmental lens. World
War II was a total and global war that involved the extraction,
processing, and use of vast quantities of natural resources. The
wartime military-industrial complex, the 'Arsenal of Democracy,'
experienced tremendous economic growth and technological
development, employing resources at a higher intensity than ever
before. The war years witnessed transformations in American
agriculture; the proliferation of militarized landscapes; the
popularization of chemical and pharmaceutical products; a rapid
increase in energy consumption and the development of nuclear
energy; a remaking of the nation's transportation networks; a shift
in population toward the Sunbelt and the West Coast; a vast
expansion in the federal government, in conjunction with industrial
firms; and the emergence of environmentalism. World War II
represented a quantitative and qualitative leap in resource use,
with lasting implications for American government, science,
society, health, and ecology.
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