
Proving Grounds
Militarized Landscapes, Weapons Testing, and the Environmental Impact of U.S. Bases
Edwin A. Martini(Editor)
University of Washington Press
Will be published approx. on 1. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-295-74171-0 (ISBN)
Description
Proving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environmental impact that the U.S. military presence has had at home and abroad. The essays in this collection survey the environmental damage caused by weapons testing and military bases to local residents, animal populations, and landscapes, and they examine the military's efforts to close and repurpose bases-often as wildlife reserves. Together they present a complex and nuanced view that embraces the ironies, contradictions, and unintended consequences of U.S. militarism around the world. In complicating our understanding of the American military's worldwide presence, the essayists also reveal the rare cases when the military is actually ahead of the curve on environmental regulation compared to the private sector. The result is the most comprehensive examination to date of the U.S. military's environmental footprint-for better or worse-across the globe.
Reviews / Votes
"Historian Edwin Martini has assembled a fine cast of scholars for examining the environmental impact and legacy of US military bases during the twentieth century. . . . The editor and his team are to be commended for highlighting the issues and furthering informed debate."- Christopher M. Rein (Environmental History) "Proving Grounds is an excellent collection of essays examining various aspects of the U.S. military's relationship to the environment."
- Sasha Davis (Journal of American History)
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
19 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-295-74171-0 (9780295741710)
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Person
Edwin A. Martini is professor of history at Western Michigan University. He is the author of Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty and Invisible Enemies: The American War on Vietnam, 1975-2000. The contributors are Yooil Bae, Leisl Carr Childers, Brandon C. Davis, Heejin Han, David G. Havlick, Katherine M. Keirns, Neil Oatsvall, Jennifer Liss Ohayon, and Daniel Weimer.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Defending the Nation, Protecting the Land
2. Weather, Otters, and Bombs
3. Incident at Galisteo
4. "This Is Really Bad Stuff Buried Here"
5. The War on Plants
6. Addressing Environmental Risks and Mobilizing Democracy?
7. Reality Revealed
8. A Wildlife Insurgency
9. Restoration and Meaning on Former Military Lands in the United States
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Introduction
1. Defending the Nation, Protecting the Land
2. Weather, Otters, and Bombs
3. Incident at Galisteo
4. "This Is Really Bad Stuff Buried Here"
5. The War on Plants
6. Addressing Environmental Risks and Mobilizing Democracy?
7. Reality Revealed
8. A Wildlife Insurgency
9. Restoration and Meaning on Former Military Lands in the United States
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index