War and Nature
Subtitle: Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring (Studies in Environment and History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780521799379
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Ecological science, the Biosphere; 20th century; General; Environmental Science; Nature; Environmental Studies; Nature/Ecology; USA; History; Agriculture - General; Military - Biological & Chemical Warfare; Chemical warfare--Environmental aspects--History; History / United States / 20th Century; Control; Technological innovations; Chemical warfare; Environmental aspects; Insect pests
First sentence: It has been called "the nation's most ironic natural park."