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[A] sweeping history. . . . Kreike offers a stark corrective and an implicit warning: Humanity is not distinct from nature, and assuming it is can have tragic outcomes. Climate change is one; pandemics are another. In this book, catastrophic warfare is a third. Waiting for the fourth horseman would seem unwise.

"---Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times Book Review
"Waging war against the Earth is an old business, and this book provides ample—and dispiriting—evidence for it." * Kirkus Reviews *
"Might this be the most important topic that most smart, very well educated people have never read a book on? [This] treatment is excellent and engaging."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
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Overall then, Scorched Earth is a thoroughly researched academic book that sits at the intersection of military history and environmental history and especially delivers for readers of the former. A fascinating topic that is by no means light reading.

"---Leon Vlieger, Inquisitive Biologist
"[A] powerful statement of what people often fail to see amid the horrors of war." * Choice Reviews *

Scorched Earth

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 12 January 2021
      ISBN-13 9780691137421
      978-0691137421
      ISBN-10 0691137420
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      Business, Finance & Law Environmental economics Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment The environment Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "

      [A] sweeping history. . . . Kreike offers a stark corrective and an implicit warning: Humanity is not distinct from nature, and assuming it is can have tragic outcomes. Climate change is one; pandemics are another. In this book, catastrophic warfare is a third. Waiting for the fourth horseman would seem unwise.

      "---Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times Book Review
      "Waging war against the Earth is an old business, and this book provides ample—and dispiriting—evidence for it." * Kirkus Reviews *
      "Might this be the most important topic that most smart, very well educated people have never read a book on? [This] treatment is excellent and engaging."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
      "

      Overall then, Scorched Earth is a thoroughly researched academic book that sits at the intersection of military history and environmental history and especially delivers for readers of the former. A fascinating topic that is by no means light reading.

      "---Leon Vlieger, Inquisitive Biologist
      "[A] powerful statement of what people often fail to see amid the horrors of war." * Choice Reviews *

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