Scorched Earth : : Environmental Warfare as a Crime against Humanity and Nature / / Emmanuel Kreike.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Kreike, Emmanuel,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity ; 30
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (538 p.) :; 10 b/w illus. 10 maps.

A global history of environmental warfare and the case for why it should be a crimeThe 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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Environcide, Society, and Total War
• 1 The Dogs of War and the Water Wolf in Holland Environcide during the late 16th- century dutch revolt
• 2 Scorched Earth, Black Legend Environcide and the early 16th- century Spanish conquest of America
• 3 Environcide in the Dutch Golden Age the thirty years war in Brabant, 1621–48
• 4 Raiders and Refugees Environcide, displacement, and disease in 17th- century eastern north America
• 5 (Un)Limited War and Environcide in the Age of Reason the low countries, France, and Spain during the War of the Spanish succession, 1701–14
• 6 Total War and Environcide in the Age of Reason the low countries, France, and Italy during the War of the Austrian Succession, 1740–48
• 7 A Global Way of War in the Age of Reason environcide and genocide in 18th- century America, Africa, and Asia
• 8 Refugees, Removals, and Reservations Environcide in the American west in the 19th century
• 9 Scorched Dutch East Indies the late 19th- century colonial conquest of Aceh, Indonesia
• 10 Scorched African Savannas colonial conquest and the first world war in early 20th- century Angola and Namibia
• Conclusion Environcide as a Crime against Humanity and Nature
• Notes
• Index