Tropic of Chaos : Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence

Product Description From Africa to Asia and Latin America, the era of climate wars has begun. Extreme weather is breeding banditry, humanitarian crisis, and state failure. In Tropic of Chaos , 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. 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. About the Author Christian Parenti is a contributing editor at the Nation . The author of Lockdown America , The Soft Cage , and The Freedom , he has written for Fortune , Mother Jones , Conde Nast Traveler , Playboy , the New York Times , and the London Review of Books , among others. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Journalist Christian Parenti Examines The Influence Of Extreme Weather Which Is Caused By Global Warming On Unrest And Violence In Countries Located Along Mid-latitudes And Examines How Sustainable Living Among The World's Population Could Solve The Problems. Pt. 1. Last Call For Illusion -- Who Killed Ekaru Loraman -- Military Soothsayers -- War For A Small Planet : Adaptation As Counterinsurgency -- Pt. Ii. Africa -- Geopolitics Of An East African Cattle Raid -- Monsoons And Tipping Points -- The Rise And Fall Of East African States -- Somali Apocalypse -- Theorizing Failed States -- Pt. Iii. Asia -- Drugs, Drought And Jihad Environmental History Of The Afghanistan War -- Kyrgyzstan's Little Climate War -- India And Pakistan Glaciers, Rivers, And Unfinished Business -- India's Drought Rebels -- Pt. Iv. Latin America -- Rio's Agony : From Extreme Weather To Planet Of Slums -- Golgotha Mexicana : Climate Refugees, Free Trade, And The War Next Door -- American Walls And Demagogues -- Implications And Possibilities. Christian Parenti. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. From Africa to Asia and Latin America, the era of climate wars has begun. Extreme weather is breeding banditry, humanitarian crisis, and state failure. In Tropic of Chaos, 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. 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. Part I: Last Call for Illusions. Who Killed Ekaru Loruman? -- Military Soothsayers -- War for a Small Planet: Adaptation As Counterinsurgency -- Part II: Africa. Geopolitics of a Cattle Raid -- Monsoons and Tipping Points -- The Rise and Fall of East African States -- Somali Apocalypse -- Theorizing Failed States -- Part III: Asia. Drugs, Drought, and Jihad: Environmental History of the Afghanistan War -- Kyrgyzstan's Little Climate War -- India and Pakistan: Glaciers, Rivers, and Unfinished Business -- India's Drought Rebels -- Part IV: Latin America. Rio's Agony: From Extreme Weather to "Planet of Slums" -- Golgotha Mexicana: Climate Refugees, Free Trade, and the War Next Door -- American Walls and Demagogues -- Implications and Possibilities. ## Product Description In __Tropic of Chaos__, 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. ## About the Author "A richly investigated and original account of the role climate change is already playing in contemporary conflicts. This glimpse of the future we most fear arrives just in time to change course." -Naomi Klein, author The Shock Doctrine An award-winning journalist combines on-the-ground reportage with incisive analysis to reveal the disturbing connection between climate change and increased social and political violence.