Tropic of Chaos

Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence

Christian Parenti

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Nation Books
04 September 2012

History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Applied ecology; Conservation of the environment; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Bargains

From Africa to Asia and Latin America, the era of climate wars has begun. Extreme weather is breeding banditry, humanitarian crisis, and state failure.

In

Tropic of Chaos , investigative journalist Christian Parenti travels along the front lines of this gathering catastrophe- the belt of economically and politically battered postcolonial nations and war zones girding the planet's midlatitudes. Here he finds failed states amid climatic disasters. But he also reveals the unsettling presence of Western military forces and explains how they see an opportunity in the crisis to prepare for open-ended global counterinsurgency.

Parenti argues that this incipient ""climate fascism""- a political hardening of wealthy states-

is bound to fail. The struggling states of the developing world cannot be allowed to collapse, as they will take other nations down as well. Instead, we must work to meet the challenge of climate-driven violence with a very different set of sustainable economic and development policies.

By: Christian Parenti
Imprint: Nation Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: First Trade Paper Edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9781568587295
ISBN 10: 1568587295
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 04 September 2012
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christian Parenti is a contributing editor at the Nation. The author of Lockdown America, The Soft Cage, and The Freedom, he has written for Fortune, Mother Jones, Conde Nast traveller, Playboy, the New York Times, and the London Review of Books, among others. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.