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010 _a 2011010638
020 _a9781568586007
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn435418573
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100 1 _aParenti, Christian
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245 1 0 _aTropic of chaos
_bclimate change and the new geography of violence
260 _aNew York
_bNation Books
_c2011
300 _aviii,295p.
_bmaps ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPt. 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.
650 0 _aClimatic changes
_xPolitical aspects.
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650 0 _aGeopolitics
_xEnvironmental aspects.
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650 0 _aViolence
_xEnvironmental aspects.
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650 0 _aPolitical violence
_xEnvironmental aspects.
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