The US Military and the Pacific Environment : The Making of an American Lake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isenberg, Andrew C.

Contributor:

Bailey, Beth.

Landsberg, Paul.

Series:

Modern War Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945.

Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : University Press of Kansas, 2025.

Summary:

This scholarly volume examines the complex interplay between the United States military and the environments of the Pacific region from World War II to the Vietnam War. Edited by Andrew C. Isenberg, Beth Bailey, and Paul Landsberg, the book explores how military actions have shaped and been shaped by Pacific landscapes, ecosystems, and resources. The essays analyze topics such as the ecological impact of military base construction and chemical warfare, the exploitation of natural resources, and the environmental consequences of nuclear testing and herbicide use. The collection also addresses the conceptual frameworks and military strategies that arose in response to environmental challenges. By integrating environmental and military history, this work contributes to broader discussions about the reciprocal relationship between warfare and the natural world. It is aimed at scholars and students of military history, environmental history, and Pacific studies. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction: An American Lake?

1 “A Lifetime of Bad Dreams”: Military Base Construction in the Tropical Environment of Port Moresby, Papua, in 1942

2 Animal Histories and the Pacific War: Decentering Violence and Destruction

3 War and Ecological Imperialism in the Alaskan Indigenous Environment

4 A Fire Came Down from Heaven: Destroying Natural and Built Environments with Napalm During World War II

5 Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Radiation and the Environment in the Marshall Islands

6 The Ring of Fire: How Underground Nuclear Explosions in Alaska Unleashed the Catastrophic Imaginary of the Pacific World

7 Atomic Currents: The US Military and Nuclear Energy in the Alaskan Pacific

8 “We Are Freed from the Tyranny of Terrain”: Airmobility and the US Army’s Global Environment

9 Imagined Environmental Warfare: Vietnamese Experts, the French Military, and American Herbicides in the Red River Delta, 1952–1954

10 Kidnapped on the Beach: Global Grids and Communist State-Building in a Cold War Borderland

11 The Neglected Role of Oceans and Marine Resources in the US-Vietnam War

12 Militarized Harvests: Rice and Revolutionary Warfare in South Vietnam

Editor and Contributor Biographies

Index

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ISBN:

0-7006-3871-7

OCLC:

1530382666