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

Author/creator Parenti, Christian
Other author ProQuest (Firm)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Nation Books, ©2011.
Descriptionviii, 295 pages : maps
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011010638

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