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100 1 _aHawley, T. M.
245 1 0 _aAgainst the fires of hell :
_h[electronic resource]
_bthe environmental disaster of the Gulf War /
_cT.M. Hawley.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers,
_cc1992.
300 _axi, 208 p. :
_bmaps ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-202) and index.
505 0 _aThe fog of peace -- Success in the oil fields -- The biggest oil spill in history -- "We must recover the oil" -- Dire predictions, surprising measurements -- The smoke seen round the world -- The toll on plants and wildlife -- Lasting scars -- Breathing black air -- The health crisis in Iraq.
520 _aThe Gulf War was a minor war as wars go, but its aftereffects have pointed out, as perhaps nothing else has, just how fragile the planet Earth is against the assaults of modern warfare and just how irreversible the damage can be. The capping of the burning oil wells in Kuwait was the greatest firefighting effort in history, and the speed with which it was accomplished led many to believe that the war damage in the Middle East had been contained. Actually, the capping was only a tiny part of the gigantic ecological problems that came in the wake of the war. Oil that spilled during the war continues to contaminate the Gulf, and efforts to recover it are limited and piecemeal. Only a small portion of the landside cleanup has been completed, and the global effects of the smoke and soot from the fires have proved to be at least as serious and as far-reaching as many prewar predictions had foretold. Some species of animals and plants found only in the Gulf region have been devastated, and the effect of the war on Kuwait's and Iraq's environment, as well as on the Gulf itself, will be as lasting as the terrible assaults on public health in Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran. Carefully documented, and relying also on firsthand information, this book presents a powerful case against war as an option in the modern age.
650 0 _aPersian Gulf War, 1991
_xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 _aOil wells
_xFires and fire prevention
_xEnvironmental aspects
_zKuwait.
650 0 _aOil wells
_xFires and fire prevention
_xEnvironmental aspects
_zPersian Gulf Region.
650 1 7 _aMilieurampen.
_2gtt
650 1 7 _aGolfoorlog (1991)
_2gtt
650 0 7 _aGolfkrieg (1990-1991)
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650 0 7 _aUmweltschaden
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740 0 0 _aFires of hell.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aHawley, T. M.
_tAgainst the fires of hell.
_b1st ed.
_dNew York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers, c1992
_w(OCoLC)608482298
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.archive.org/details/againstfiresofhe00hawl
_zFree eBook from the Internet Archive
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1718345M
_zAdditional information and access via Open Library
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