Airpower and the environment : the ecological implications of modern air warfare / edited by Joel Hayward.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Air University (U.S.). Press (Publisher)
Other Authors: Hayward, Joel S. A. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute, 2013.
Subjects:
Air power > Environmental aspects.
Air warfare > Environmental aspects.
Air warfare > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:xv, 272 pages : map ; 23 cm
Format: Government Document Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: war, airpower, and the environment: some preliminary thoughts / Joel Hayward
  • The impact of war on the environment, public health, and natural resources / Victor W. Sidel
  • "Very large secondary effects": environmental considerations in the planning of the British strategic bombing offensive against Germany, 1939-1945 / Toby Thacker
  • The environmental impact of the US Army Air Forces' production and training infrastructure on the Great Plains / Christopher M. Rein
  • Airpower and the targeting of a nation's energy-based sector / Mark A. Olinger
  • The forest and the trees: aerial eradication in South Vietnam and Afghanistan / Evelyn Krache Morris
  • Airpower and the environment: applications in developing countries / Dan Henk
  • Airpower and collateral damage: theory, practice, and challenges / Phillip S. Meilinger
  • Environmental degradation and conflict in Africa: how Africom can help Africans help Africans / John T. Ackerman
  • Toward a stable African continent: the role of Africom and the USAF in building partnerships through environmental security / Robert R. Sands
  • "Making the desert green": the effect of environmental considerations on the deployment of the Israeli air force in the Negev / Tamir Libel
  • Airpower and the environment: some ecological implications of modern warfare / Joel Hayward.