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Tropic of chaos : climate change and the new geography of violence / Christian Parenti.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Nation Books, c2011.Description: viii, 295 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781568586007 (hbk.) :
  • 1568586000 (hbk.)
  • 9781568586625 (ebk.)
  • 1568586620 (ebk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.2
LOC classification:
  • QC 981.8 P228t 2011
Contents:
p. 1. Last call for illusion -- Who killed Ekaru Loraman? -- Military soothsayers -- War for a small planet : adaptation as counterinsurgency -- p. 2. Africa -- Geopolitics of a cattle raid -- Monsoons and tipping points -- The rise and fall of East African states -- Somali apocalypse -- Theorizing failed states -- p. 3. 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 -- p. 4. 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.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QC 981.8 P228t 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000108972

Includes bibliographical references and index.

p. 1. Last call for illusion -- Who killed Ekaru Loraman? -- Military soothsayers -- War for a small planet : adaptation as counterinsurgency -- p. 2. Africa -- Geopolitics of a cattle raid -- Monsoons and tipping points -- The rise and fall of East African states -- Somali apocalypse -- Theorizing failed states -- p. 3. 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 -- p. 4. 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.

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