ISBN:
9781619024885
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (193 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Our Only World : Eleven Essays
DDC:
306.20973
Keywords:
Political culture -- United States
;
Environmentalism
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World politics -- 21st century
;
United States -- Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
As the United States prepares to leave its long war in Afghanistan, it now must contemplate the necessity of sending troops back to Iraq, recalling General Colin Powell's advice to President Bush: If you break it, you own it," asthe world's hot spots threaten to spread over the globe with the ferocity of a war of holy terror and desperation.The planet's environmental problems respect no national boundaries. From soil erosion and population displacement to climate change and failed energy policies, American governing classes are paid by corporations to pretend that debate is the only democrati
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; 1. Paragraphs from a Notebook; 2. The Commerce of Violence; 3. A Forest Conversation; 4. Local Economies to Save the Land and the People; 5. Less Energy, More Life; 6. Caught in the Middle; 7. On Receiving One of the Dayton Literary Peace Prizes; 8. Our Deserted Country; 9. For the 50-Year Farm Bill; 10. On Being Asked for "A Narrative for the Future"; Acknowledgments
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