| Global Resources and International Conflict: Environmental Factors in Strategic Policy and Action Contributor(s): Westing, Arthur H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198291043 ISBN-13: 9780198291046 Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Instit OUR PRICE: $76.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 355.023 |
| LCCN: 86005216 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.15 lbs) 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume examines the extent to which global deficiencies and degradation of natural resources, coupled with their uneven distribution, can lead to unlikely alliances, national rivalries, and even war. The study evaluates the influence of such factors as geographical distribution, availability, scarcity, and depletion of the world's natural resources--including oil, natural gas, minerals, fresh water, ocean fisheries, and food crops--on strategic and military policy-making. Westing also studies the effect of differential population growth on the actual and perceived availability of resources and presents an expanded, environmentally based view of international security. |