{"product_id":"tropic-of-chaos-climate-change-and-the-new-geography-of-violence-paperback","title":"Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristian Parenti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Africa to Asia and Latin America, the era of climate wars has begun. Extreme weather is breeding banditry, humanitarian crisis, and state failure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTropic of Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Parenti\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor at the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of \u003ci\u003eLockdown America, The Soft Cage\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written for \u003ci\u003eFortune, Mother Jones, Conde Nast Traveler, Playboy\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760516071712,"sku":"9781568587295","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/65f0ff8731347c1bc5b20f914d31c60f.webp?v=1780182139","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tropic-of-chaos-climate-change-and-the-new-geography-of-violence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}