| Book Review | Environmental History, 10.3

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Book Review

Natural Enemy, Natural Ally: Toward an Environmental History of War. Edited by Richard P. Tucker and Edmund P. Russell. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2004. 288 pp. Maps, index. Paper $29.95.

Natural Enemy, Natural Ally is an excellent and important collection of essays that is poised not only to make a lasting contribution to the fields of environmental and military history, but also to add insight into a variety of historical questions. Editors Richard Tucker and Edmund Russell characterize the collection "as a sample of early initiatives, not as an exhaustive review of what the field will become" (p. 3). Though at first glance the individual essays seem disparate, Tucker and Russell expertly tie them together in their introductory essay, identifying the numerous themes that weave coherence throughout the collection. In addition, the editors identify three specific purposes they intend the volume to fulfill: first, to merge environmental and military histories to help explain the ways war and nature shape each other; second, to highlight emerging trends and the significance of such research; and third, to encourage further study.

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