Screen LibraryProving grounds : militarized landscapes, weapons testing, and the environmental impact of U.S. bases /
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University of Washington Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Seattle : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (289-301) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780295994659 0295994657 |
| Index Number: | UC403 |
| CLC: | E712.13 |
| Call Number: | E712.13/P969 |
| Contents: |
Introduction: bases, places and the layered landscapes of American empire / Defending the nation, protecting the land: emergency powers and the militarization of American public lands / Weather, otters, and bombs: policy making, environmental science, and U.S. nuclear weapons testing, 1945-1958 / Incident at Galisteo: the 1955 Teapot series and the mental landscape of contamination / "This is really bad stuff buried here:" Agent Orange, Johnston Atoll, and the rise of military environmentalism / The war on plants: drug control, militarization, and the rehabilitation of herbicides in U.S. foreign policy from Operation Ranch Hand to Plan Columbia / Addressing environmental risks and mobilizing democracy? Policy on public participation in U.S. Military superfund sites / Reality revealed: U.S. military bases, environmental impact, and civil society in South Korea / A wildlife insurgency: The endangered species act, citizen-initiated lawsuits, and the department of defense at the end of the Cold War / Restoration and meaning on former military lands in the United States / |