Armed Conflict and Environment: From World War II to Contemporary Asymmetric Warfare

PD Dr. Dr. Detlef Briesen

doi:10.5771/9783845293868

Summary

Erstmals werden die vielfältigen Wechselwirkungen zwischen bewaffneten Konflikten und den menschlichen und natürlichen Umwelten zugleich geschichts- und sozialwissenschaftlich analysiert. Haben die meisten bisherigen Forschungen dieses Thema vor allem mit Blick auf Umweltzerstörungen durch Kriegshandlungen oder durch Aufrüstung schon in Friedenszeiten behandelt, so geht diese Veröffentlichung einen Schritt weiter. Daher wird der historische Wandel dieser komplexen Wechselbeziehung an konkreten Beispielen sichtbar gemacht: vom Zweiten Weltkrieg in Europa und Asien über den klassischen Stellvertreterkrieg in Vietnam bis zu den aktuellen asymmetrischen Kriegen in Südasien. Dabei stehen zugleich systematische Fragestellungen im Mittelpunkt: Wie beeinflussen Umwelten bewaffnete Konflikte? Wie verändern Kriege Umwelten? Und wie entstehen komplette „Kriegslandschaften“ (warscapes), in denen Krieg und Militarisierung die Beziehungen zwischen Menschen und Umwelten nachhaltig verändern.

Mit Beiträgen von

Detlef Briesen, Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud, David Pickus, Sarada Prasanna Das, Nguyen Thi Hanh, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hang, Dao Duc Thuan/Nguyen Van Ngoc, Tim Kaiser, Dam Thi Phuong Thuy/Nguyen Van Bac, Brigitte Sébastia, Manish Tiwari, Babu Rangaiah/Kumaresan Raja, Martin Dinges.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2018
Copyright Year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-5191-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9386-8
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 284
Product Type: Edited Book

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1. 1. What are the effects of the human and natural environment on war, its course and the way war is fought?
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2. 2. How are wars, their course and conduct, influenced by human and natural environments?
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3. 3. How can we understand war as a human-natural interaction system?
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4. References
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  1. 1. Introduction: Warscape
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  2. 2. The Global Warscape
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  3. 3. The Regional Warscape: the City and its Nature
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  4. 4. The Creation of a Local Warscape
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  5. 5. Rat War – a New Warscape
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  6. 7. Warscape after the Fighting
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  7. References
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  1. 1. Introduction and Statement of Problem
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  2. 2. When Do Traumatizing War Memories Affect Individuals or the Society – or: the Transgenerational Effect of Memory
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  3. 3. Retrospective Psychological Findings
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  4. 4. Transmission to the Second and Third Generation
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  5. 5. What about the War Trauma in Vietnam?
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  6. 6. References
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  1. 1. Introduction
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  2. 2. The Ranch Hand Program
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  3. 3. Impact of the Operation Ranch Hand on the Minorities in SVN
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  4. 4. Conclusion
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  1. 1. Introduction
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    1. 2.1 The Irrigation Situation of North Vietnam Prior to 1945
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    2. 2.2 Water Management in the North of Vietnam from 1945 to 1965
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  3. 3. The American Air and Naval Attacks in North Vietnam (1965-1972)
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  4. 4. The Fierce Bombardments in 1972
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  5. 5. The Attitude of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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  6. 6. Conclusions
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  7. 7. References
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  1. 1. Introduction
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  2. 2. Theoretical background
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  3. 3. The Environmental Effects of Herbicidal Warfare
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  4. 4. Warfare Impact on the Social Environment
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  5. 5. Conclusion
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  1. 1. Introduction
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  2. 2. The Impact of Bomb War on Cities
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  3. 3. The Bomb War in North Vietnam
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  4. 4. Bombing of the DRV: The Rolling Thunder, 1965-68, and Linebacker, 1972, Campaigns
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  5. 5. Mid- to Long-Term Effects of Bombing in Vietnam
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  6. 6. The Urban Environment of Vinh City between Destruction and Reconstruction
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  7. 7. Reminders of the Past: Remains of the Socialist City in the Contemporary Urban Environment
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  8. 8. Conclusion
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  9. 9. References
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  1. 1. A Long Story of Alienation of Lands and Violation of Rights of Forest Dwellers
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  2. 2. Overview of the Cause of Displacement: the Armed Conflict in Chhattisgarh
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  3. 3. The Survey of IDPs Settlements
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  4. 4. Foundation of the Settlements: Impact on the Forest
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  5. 5. Living Conditions as Precarious as Inhuman
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  6. 6. Conclusion
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  7. 7. References
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  1. 1. Introduction: a New Type of War
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  2. 2. The Sri Lanka Conflict
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  3. 3. Impacts of War on Human and Natural Environment
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  4. 4. The Loss of Palmyra Trees and Forests
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  5. 5. The Wildlife Issue
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  6. 6. The Peace and its Short-Term Environmental Effects
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  7. 7. Impact of Natural Events on War: the Tsunami’s Case Study
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  8. 8. Conclusion: Environment as a Quasi-Personage?
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  1. 1. Introduction
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  2. 2. Industrial Development and Environmental Conflicts in Odisha
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  3. 3. Environmental Conflicts in Resource Rich Regions of Odisha
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  4. 4. Battle over Bauxite
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  5. 5. Conflict over Niyamgiri in Lanjigarh
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  6. 6. Movement and Participation
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  7. 7. Civil Societies and its Participation
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  8. 8. Politics of the Political Parties
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  9. 9. Conclusion
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  10. References
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