TY - BOOK ID - 85468565 TI - The ecology of war in China : Henan Province, the Yellow River, and beyond, 1938-1950 PY - 2015 SN - 1316191478 1316211827 1316189635 1316209962 1316206262 1107417597 1316208117 1316204472 1316202615 1107785278 1107071569 1322560870 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 KW - Chinese-Japanese War, 1937-1945 KW - Japan-China War, 1937-1945 KW - Japanese-Chinese War, 1937-1945 KW - Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 KW - Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945 KW - Environmental aspects KW - Henan Sheng (China) KW - Yellow River (China) KW - Ho-nan sheng (China) KW - Kanan-shō (China) KW - Honan Province (China) KW - Chung-chou (China : Province) KW - Ho-nan sheng cheng fu (China) KW - Pʻing-yüan sheng (China) KW - Henan Province (China) KW - Ho-nan (China) KW - Ho-nan sheng jen min cheng fu (China) KW - 河南省 (China) KW - Hoang Ho (China) KW - Huang He (China) KW - Huang Ho (China) KW - Huanghe (China) KW - Hwang Ho (China) KW - History, Military KW - Environmental conditions. KW - Environmental degradation KW - Nature KW - Refugees. KW - History KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Degradation, Environmental KW - Destruction, Environmental KW - Deterioration, Environmental KW - Environmental destruction KW - Environmental deterioration KW - Natural disasters KW - Environmental quality UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85468565 AB - This book explores the interplay between war and environment in Henan Province, a hotly contested frontline territory that endured massive environmental destruction and human disruption during the conflict between China and Japan during World War II. In a desperate attempt to block Japan's military advance, Chinese Nationalist armies under Chiang Kai-shek broke the Yellow River's dikes in Henan in June 1938, resulting in devastating floods that persisted until after the war's end. Greater catastrophe struck Henan in 1942-3, when famine took some two million lives and displaced millions more. Focusing on these war-induced disasters and their aftermath, this book conceptualizes the ecology of war in terms of energy flows through and between militaries, societies, and environments. Ultimately, Micah Muscolino argues that efforts to procure and exploit nature's energy in various forms shaped the choices of generals, the fates of communities, and the trajectory of environmental change in North China. ER -