Armies and Ecosystems in Premodern Europe The Meuse Region, 1250-1850
Using the ecosystem concept as his starting point, the author examines the complex relationship between premodern armed forces and their environment at three levels: landscapes, living beings, and diseases. The study focuses on Europe's Meuse Region, well-known among historians of war as a batt...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leeds, Baltimore, Md.
Arc Humanities Press, Project MUSE
2021, 202100002021
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| Edition: | New edition |
| Series: | War and conflict in premodern societies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Using the ecosystem concept as his starting point, the author examines the complex relationship between premodern armed forces and their environment at three levels: landscapes, living beings, and diseases. The study focuses on Europe's Meuse Region, well-known among historians of war as a battleground between France and Germany. By analyzing soldiers' long-term interactions with nature, this book engages with current debates about the ecological impact of the military, and provides new impetus for contemporary armed forces to make greater effort to reduce their environmental footprint. "This is an impressive interdisciplinary study, contributing to environmental history, the history of war and historical geography. The book advances an original and intriguing argument that armed forces have had a vested interest in preserving the environments and habitats in which they operate, and have thus contributed to environmental conservation long before this became a popular cause of wider humanity. The work will provide a template for how this topic can be researched for other parts of the world or for other time periods." Peter H. Wilson, Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9781641893985 1641893990 1641893982 9781641893992 |