The Wilderness of War: Nature and Strategy in the American Civil War

Brady, Lisa M.

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“…Yet they rarely seem to move beyond what the military geographer Rachel Woodward calls the 'terrain and tactics' (Woodward 2005, 722) approach, which understands combat and its relationship with the landscape as 'essentially a response to environmental possibilities and limitations' (O'Sullivan and Miller 1983;see also Winters 2001a;cf. Russell 2001;Tucker and Russell 2004;Woodward 2004;Brady 2005Brady , 2012Pearson, Coates and Cole 2010;Pearson 2012). Although a soldier's understanding of topography, vegetation cover, weather and disease is key to military strategy development and execution, and the outcome of military operations in general, such discussions tend to cast landscapes in a static role.…”

Section: Making Unmaking and Remaking Conflict Landscapesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conflict, Heritage and World-Making in the Chaco

2020

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whose warm welcome and supportive environment have allowed me to finish this book. Special thanks go to Kat Hill for her helpful comments on Chapters 2 and 3, and Jennifer Baird for insightful suggestions that helped me improve the text.At UCL Press I would like to thank Chris Penfold and Robert Davies for guiding me through the publication process and for all the work they have put in to get this book published. I would also like to express my gratitude to the two anonymous reviewers for their encouraging feedback and helpful comments on the manuscript.As always, I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to my parents and sisters for all their unwavering support and love. I would also like to give a huge thanks to Liam McKervey for having the patience of a saint during the years of my PhD. Thank you for listening, reading and talking things through with me, and for flying out to Paraguay to experience the Chaco together.Last but not least, a special thanks goes to Rodney Harrison for the many thought-provoking conversations and discussions, and for reading over and commenting on multiple drafts of this monograph. Thank you for not only being an inspiration but above all a wonderful friend.'Nonlocal' (massively distributed in time and space, sensed but not always able to be 'seen')

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Section: Making Unmaking and Remaking Conflict Landscapesmentioning

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2020

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“…It involved the attacking army riding through farmland in such a way as to destroy crops and disrupt the agricultural industry that occurred in developing France. Chevauchee was implemented to deplete enemy resources, wreaking havoc that could be compared to natural disasters (Brady 2005). General Grant effectively created a panic for farmers and the confederate army in the region near the Mississippi River, ravaging the landscape and reverting fertile farmland to desolate landscapes, or what the Mississippi farmer would call wilderness (Brady 2005).…”

Section: Re-wildingmentioning

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“…Chevauchee was implemented to deplete enemy resources, wreaking havoc that could be compared to natural disasters (Brady 2005). General Grant effectively created a panic for farmers and the confederate army in the region near the Mississippi River, ravaging the landscape and reverting fertile farmland to desolate landscapes, or what the Mississippi farmer would call wilderness (Brady 2005). For the medieval French serf, and the Civil War era southerner, wilderness meant barren wastes and the economic helplessness associated with broken, untamed land -terrifying them into submission.…”

Section: Re-wildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rapprochement Urbanism

Pierce¹,

Gregory²

2019

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Rapprochement urbanism addresses how wild environments can be accommodated in urban spaces to create more sustainable and resilient cities. Referring to the dual realities of wilderness and urbanity, this design strategy explores the interaction of their two structures to replace the misconception that cities are built “on” the natural environment, with the assertion that cities are built “in” it. Jackson, Mississippi currently treats adjacent vibrant ecological habitats as forgotten back alleys rather than urban assets. Utilizing interventions within a holistic plan, rapprochement urbanism combats urban sprawl and “back alley” attitudes, mitigates stormwater challenges, and facilitates human and animal spatial needs. Rapprochement urbanism, through the rewilding of Jackson, MS, allows architects to more directly impact and improve the ecological sustainability of this city of 170,000 inhabitants.[i] i“Jackson, Mississippi.” Jackson, Mississippi (MS) Profile: Population, Maps, Real Estate, Averages, Homes, Statistics, Relocation, Travel, Jobs,Hospitals, Schools, Crime, Moving, Houses, News, Sex Offenders. http://www.city-data.com/city/Jackson -Mississippi.html (Accessed November 01, 2018).

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“…Armed conflict, local or general, continues to attract a broad interest of resource and environmental historians and geographers (see, for example, Brady ; Clossman ; Gregory ; Hupy ; Le Billon ; McNeill ; McNeill and Unger ; Pearson ; Tucker and Russell ). Despite the growing literature assessing the environmental histories of war, in the case of conflicts with an important urban dimension, specific practices of urban resource management remain insufficiently examined.…”

Section: War Water and Cities: A Brief Accountmentioning

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“Urban Ecology Under Fire”: Water Supply in Madrid During the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

2014

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This paper investigates the critical role of workers to enhance the resilience of water supply services in cities at war through analyzing the case of Madrid and the Madrid water company Canales del Lozoya during the Spanish Civil War (1936)(1937)(1938)(1939). We argue that securing the protection of vital urban flows mediated through infrastructures is a key objective of cities under attack. In doing so we contend that examining how those affected by the interruption of these flows cope with the situation represents a valuable but largely neglected form of water management. We illustrate how quotidian knowledge about the urban geography of water flows may have important repercussions for the war effort itself. In a nutshell, the case of Madrid offers an early account of the critical role of water workers in sustaining "urban ecologies under fire" securing the complex urban metabolism while also contributing to the struggle against invading forces.

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The Wilderness of War: Nature and Strategy in the American Civil War

Cited by 22 publications

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Conflict, Heritage and World-Making in the Chaco

Conflict, Heritage and World-Making in the Chaco

Rapprochement Urbanism

“Urban Ecology Under Fire”: Water Supply in Madrid During the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

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