climate change and the new geography of violence Parenti, Christian. creator text bibliography nyu New York Nation Books c2011 2011 monographic eng

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viii, 295 p. : maps ; 24 cm. 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. Christian Parenti. Includes bibliographical references and index. Climatic changes Political aspects Geopolitics Environmental aspects Violence Environmental aspects Cambios climaticos Aspectos políticos Geopolítica Aspectos ambientales Violencia Aspectos ambientales QC 981.8 P228t 2011 304.2 9781568586007 (hbk.) : 1568586000 (hbk.) 9781568586625 (ebk.) 1568586620 (ebk.) 2011010638 DLC 110309 20230410132758.0 115606