| Description |
viii, 295 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Last Call for Illusions. Who Killed Ekaru Loruman? -- Military Soothsayers -- War for a Small Planet: Adaptation As Counterinsurgency -- Part II: Africa. Geopolitics of a Cattle Raid -- Monsoons and Tipping Points -- Rise and Fall of East African States -- Somali Apocalypse -- Theorizing Failed States -- Part III: Asia. Drugs, Drought, and Jihad: Environmental History of the Afghanistan War -- Kyrgyzstan's Little Climate War -- India and Pakistan: Glaciers, Rivers, and Unfinished Business -- India's Drought Rebels -- Part IV: Latin America. Rio's Agony: From Extreme Weather to "Planet of Slums" -- Golgotha Mexicana: Climate Refugees, Free Trade, and the War Next Door -- American Walls and Demagogues -- Implications and Possibilities. |
| Summary |
An award-winning journalist combines on-the-ground reportage with incisive analysis to reveal the disturbing connection between climate change and increased social and political violence. |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Political aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Political aspects. |
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Geopolitics -- Environmental aspects.
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Geopolitics. |
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Violence -- Environmental aspects.
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Violence -- Environmental aspects. |
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Political violence -- Environmental aspects.
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Political violence. |
| ISBN |
9781568587295 |
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1568587295 |
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