Airpower and the environment
Subtitle: the ecological implications of modern air warfare
By: edited by Joel Hayward
Publisher: Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781585662234
Subjects: Environmental aspects; Case studies; Air warfare; Air power
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: war, airpower, and the environment: some preliminary thoughts  / Joel Hayward; title: The impact of war on the environment, public health, and natural resources / Victor W. Sidel; title: "Very large secondary effects": environmental considerations in the planning of the British strategic bombing offensive against Germany, 1939-1945 / Toby Thacker; title: The environmental impact of the US Army Air Forces' production and training infrastructure on the Great Plains / Christopher M. Rein; title: Airpower and the targeting of a nation's energy-based sector / Mark A. Olinger; title: The forest and the trees: aerial eradication in South Vietnam and Afghanistan / Evelyn Krache Morris; title: Airpower and the environment: applications in developing countries / Dan Henk; title: Airpower and collateral damage: theory, practice, and challenges / Phillip S. Meilinger; title: Environmental degradation and conflict in Africa: how Africom can help Africans help Africans / John T. Ackerman; title: Toward a stable African continent: the role of Africom and the USAF in building partnerships through environmental security / Robert R. Sands; title: "Making the desert green": the effect of environmental considerations on the deployment of the Israeli air force in the Negev / Tamir Libel; title: Airpower and the environment: some ecological implications of modern warfare / Joel Hayward.