Strangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests (Politics of the Living) - Softcover

Jensen, Derrick; Draffan, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931498458 ISBN 13: 9781931498456

Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co, 2003

Synopsis

With three quarters of the world's original forestss gone and the pace of cutting, clearing, processing, and pulping ever accelerating, Jensen and Draffan lay bare the stark scenario we face - we being not only people, but the nonhuman fabric of life itself - unless deforestation is slowed and stopped. A must read for anyone who wants to understand the relationship between deforestation and our ecological crisis as well as an essential handbook for activists everywhere.

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Review:

"Now and then, a landmark book such as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring makes the public keenly aware of the vulnerability of nature to human intervention. Strangely Like War exposes the crisis of the large-scale destruction of the world's forests. Jensen and Draffan have written a passionate expose of the unprecedented greed and power of the timber industry and of the government's role in abetting corporate irresponsibility. Written with conviction, fervour, and facts, this significant work is highly recommended." Library Journal, USA

About the Author:

Derrick Jensen is the prize-winning author of A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, Listening to the Land, Strangely Like War, Welcome to the Machine, and Walking on Water. He was one of two finalists for the 2003 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, which cited The Culture of Make Believe as "a passionate and provocative meditation on the nexus of racism, genocide, environmental destruction and corporate malfeasance, where civilization meets its discontents." He is an environmental activist and lives on the coast of northern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1931498458
• ISBN 13: 9781931498456
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160