Tropic of chaos : climate change and the new geography of violence / Christian Parenti.
| Author/creator | Parenti, Christian |
| Other author | ProQuest (Firm) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Nation Books, ©2011. |
| Description | viii, 295 pages : maps |
| Supplemental Content | Click to View |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Pt. 1. Last call for illusion -- Who killed Ekaru Loraman -- Military soothsayers -- War for a small planet : adaptation as counterinsurgency -- Pt. II. Africa -- Geopolitics of an east african cattle raid -- Monsoons and tipping points -- The rise and fall of East African states -- Somali apocalypse -- Theorizing failed states -- Pt. III. 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 -- Pt. IV. 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011010638 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |