Arthur H. Westing Pioneer on the Environmental Impact of War /

• Main Author: Westing, Arthur H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, 1
• Subjects: Environment.; History.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; History of Science.

Since the 1960s the environment has become an issue of increasing public concern in North America and elsewhere.  Triggered by the Second Indochina War (Vietnam Conflict) of 1961-1975, and further encouraged by the International Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in 1972, the env...