Lines in the shifting sand: The strategic politics of climate change, human security and national defense

A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 46-55

  Hartmann, Betsy ^a  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84917409805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203109885     Document Type: Chapter

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