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

Publication Info. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  D 301.26/6:AI 7/17    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) : map
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note "July 2013."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-263) and index.
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 infrastructure / 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 / 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.
Note Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed January 24, 2017).
Subject Air power -- Environmental aspects.
Air warfare -- Environmental aspects.
Air warfare -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Online resources.
Added Author Hayward, Joel S. A., editor.
Air University (U.S.). Air Force Research Institute, issuing body.
Added Title Ecological implications of modern air warfare
Other Form: Print version: Airpower and the environment (DLC) 2012038356 (OCoLC)810773344
ISBN 9781585662234
1585662232
Gpo Item No. 0422-K (online)
Sudoc No. D 301.26/6:AI 7/17

 
    
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