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The Gulf War of 1991: Its Environmental Impact

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The Gulf War of 1991 shares with the Second Indochina War of 1961–1975 (cf. Chap.4 ) the dubious honor of having alerted the world to the enormously destructive impact military actions can have on the environment. Certainly, various wars of the past have also wreaked havoc on the environment (#108, pp 14–19), and wars of the future will doubtless provide further examples.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The numbered references are provided in Chap. 3.

  2. 2.

    Reproduced from: Brauch, H.G., et al., (eds). Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: Conceptualizing Security and Environmental Conflicts. Berlin: Springer Verlag, pp 523–534 + 1003–1089 passim (Chap. 29); 2003 with the original title “Environmental Dimension of the Gulf War of 1991” by permission of the Springer Verlag, the copyright holder, on 14 March 2012.

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