Herbicides in War: The Long-Term Ecological and Human Consequences
London and Philadelphia: Taylor & Franci, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Hardcover in lime green cloth with spine lettered in gilt. xiv + 210 pp. with index. A tight copy that would be fine except for a previous owner signature front free endpaper and underlining on 5 or 6 pages. in very good dust jacket, small chip foot of spine. The first publication by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) whose programme on the military activities and the human environment used an environmental rather than a geopolitical approach to the study of warfare and military activity in general. Westing was an ecologist known for work on these issues and was joint organizer of a symposium held in Vietnam which studies the effects of herbicides used in that country. Very Good / very good. Item #E31362
ISBN: 9780850662658
Price: $18.50