{"product_id":"scorched-earth-9780691137421","title":"Scorched Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003e[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.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Tatiana Schlossberg, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Waging war against the Earth is an old business, and this book provides ample—and dispiriting—evidence for it.\" * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e---Tyler Cowen, \u003ci\u003eMarginal Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eOverall then, \u003ci\u003eScorched Earth\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Leon Vlieger, \u003ci\u003eInquisitive Biologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] powerful statement of what people often fail to see amid the horrors of war.\" * Choice Reviews *","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403761394007,"sku":"9780691137421","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691137421.jpg?v=1730484463","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scorched-earth-9780691137421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}