The Treadmill of Destruction and the Environmental Impacts of Militaries

Sociology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 557-569

  Clark, Brett ^a   Jorgenson, Andrew K ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 84862744531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2012.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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