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020 _a9781568586007 (hbk.) :
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050 1 4 _aQC 981.8
_bP228t 2011
082 0 0 _a304.2
100 1 _aParenti, Christian.
245 1 0 _aTropic of chaos :
_bclimate change and the new geography of violence /
_cChristian Parenti.
260 _aNew York :
_bNation Books,
_cc2011.
300 _aviii, 295 p. :
_bmaps ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _ap. 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.
650 0 _aClimatic changes
_xPolitical aspects.
650 0 _aGeopolitics
_xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 _aViolence
_xEnvironmental aspects.
650 4 _aCambios climaticos
_xAspectos polĂ­ticos.
650 4 _aGeopolĂ­tica
_xAspectos ambientales.
650 4 _aViolencia
_xAspectos ambientales.
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