Chapter 6 War: The Cascade of Catastrophes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Chapter 1 Introduction: Disasters, Crises, and Catastrophes 1
4. Chapter 2 Risk Society and Liquid Modernity 22
5. Chapter 3 Enlightenment and Catastrophe 39
6. Chapter 4 Plagues, Famines and Population 51
7. Chapter 5 Colonial Catastrophes and Genocide 67
8. Chapter 6 War: The Cascade of Catastrophes 81
9. Chapter 7 The Economics of Catastrophe 98
10. Chapter 8 Catastrophe and Utopian Hope 117
11. References 132
12. Index 149
13. Erratum to: Chapter 7: The Economics of Catastrophe 154