ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY


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WAR AND THE ENVIRONMENT


BOOKS

Environmental Hazards of War: Releasing Dangerous Forces in an Industrialized World, edited by Arthur H. Westing. London, SAGE Publications, 1990. 96 p.
Book call no.: 363.7 E61

Gulf War and Environmental Problems, edited by K. S. Ramachandran. New Delhi, Ashish, 1991. 318 p.
Book call no.: 956.7043 G9717

Hawley, T. M. Against the Fires of Hell: The Environmental Disaster of the Gulf War. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. 208 p.
Book call no.: 956.7043 H396a

Lanier-Graham, Susan D. The Ecology of War: Environmental Impacts of Weaponry and Warfare.. New York, Walker, 1993. 185 p.
Book call no.: 363.731 L287e AUL's only copy on SOS reserve.

McKinnon, Michael and Vine Peter. Tides of War. London, Boxtree Limited, 1991.
Examines the environmental impact of the Gulf War.
Book call no.: 363.7 M158ta

Protection of the Environment During Armed Conflict., edited by Richard J.Grunawalt, John E. King and Ronald S. McClain. Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1996. 720 p. (International Law Studies, v. 69)
Book call no.: 363.7 P967


DOCUMENTS

Gamble, Richard O. II. Anti-Environmental Warfare: Protecting the Environment During Wartime. Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1992. 35 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 G1911a

Jordon, Stephen W. Environmental Concerns of Operational Warplanning. Newport, RI, Naval War College. 22 p.
The combatant commander must concern himself with environmental factors primarily in two ways: (1) to ensure that deliberate environmental targeting is not a part of the plan while taking care to minimize collateral damage in order to comply with the Environmental Laws of War (ELOW) and maintain the high moral ground, and (2) to ensure that his own and host nation forces are adequately protected if an opponent chooses to ignore the ELOW.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 J821c

Morissey, Shawn B. The Impact of Environmental Protection on the Operational Commander's Warfighting Decisions. Newport, RI, Naval War College, May 1993. 26 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 M883i

Ruiz-Roque, Orlando. The Laws of Armed Conflict and Environmental Protection: Striking a Balance. Springfield, VA, [1995]. 81 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 44201

Williamson, Wayne. Pollution Warfare: A New Challenge for the Commander. Newport, RI, Naval War College, June 1995. 19 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 W732p


BOOKS

Centner, Christopher. Environmental Warfare: Implications for Policymakers and War Planners. Strategic Review 24:71-76 Spring 1996.

Notar, Charles E. Operational Doctrine and the Environment. Military Review 76:101-103 March-April 1996.

Schmitt, Michael N. Environmental Law of War: An Invitation to Critical Reexamination Journal of Legal Studies 6:237-271 1995-1996.

Schwartz, Daniel M. Environmental Terrorism: Analyzing the Concept. Journal of Peace Research 35:483-496 July 1998.
Author develops a taxonomy that "allows one to systematically discern the types of environmental destruction that can legitimately be labeled 'terrorism' and those that can be labelled 'environmental terrorism.'


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