Tropic of chaos climate change and the new geography of violence
Parenti, Christian
Tropic of chaos climate change and the new geography of violence - New York Nation Books 2011 - viii,295p. maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Last call for illusion -- Who killed Ekaru Loraman? -- Military soothsayers -- War for a small planet : adaptation as counterinsurgency -- Pt. II. Africa -- Geopolitics of a cattle raid -- Monsoons and tipping points -- The rise and fall of East African states -- Somali apocalypse -- Theorizing failed states -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 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.
9781568586007
2011010638
Climatic changes--Political aspects.
Geopolitics--Environmental aspects.
Violence--Environmental aspects.
Political violence--Environmental aspects.
QC903 / .P37 2011
304.25 / PA-T
Tropic of chaos climate change and the new geography of violence - New York Nation Books 2011 - viii,295p. maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Last call for illusion -- Who killed Ekaru Loraman? -- Military soothsayers -- War for a small planet : adaptation as counterinsurgency -- Pt. II. Africa -- Geopolitics of a cattle raid -- Monsoons and tipping points -- The rise and fall of East African states -- Somali apocalypse -- Theorizing failed states -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 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.
9781568586007
2011010638
Climatic changes--Political aspects.
Geopolitics--Environmental aspects.
Violence--Environmental aspects.
Political violence--Environmental aspects.
QC903 / .P37 2011
304.25 / PA-T