The treadmill of destruction goes global: Anticipating the environmental impact of militarism in the 21st century

The Marketing of War in the Age of Neo-Militarism

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 60-84

  Hooks, Gregory ^b   Smith, Chad L ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203130742     Document Type: Chapter

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