false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171614672m/109790.jpg 109790 2 "It was strangely like war. They attacked the forest as if it were an enemy to be pushed back from the beachheads, driven into the hills, broken into patches, and wiped out. Many operators thought they were not only making lumber but liberating the land from the trees. . ." from The Last Wilderness, by Murray Morgan, 1976 <P>Derrick Jensen, prize-winning author of A Language Older than Words and The Culture of Make Believe, and George Draffan, activist, researcher, and co-author with Jensen of Railroads & Clearcuts, collaborate again to expose the escalating global war on trees. Ever since Gilgamesh cut down the ancient cedar forests of Mesopotamia, civilizations and empires have foundered and collapsed in the wake of widespread deforestation. Today, with three quarters of the world's original forests gone and the pace of cutting, clearing, processing, and pulping ever accelerating, Jensen and Draffan lay bare the stark scenario we face&#151;we being not only people, but the nonhuman fabric of life itself&#151;unless deforestation is slowed and stopped. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the relationship between deforestation and our ecological crisis as well as an essential "handbook" for forest and anti-globalization activists. 105812 10 2003 Strangely Like War: The Global Assault on Forests (Politics of the Living) total:96|5:29|4:40|3:23|2:3|1:1| 96 381 154 9 4 0 false false Fri Jul 10 16:40:46 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 16:42:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Aug 21 15:27:16 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 15:27:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 31 15:22:01 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 15:23:07 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Aug 12 09:52:47 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 09:54:59 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 19:28:08 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 19:28:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 07:07:47 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 07:09:43 -0700 2008 In sum: if you live in the first world (hahaha...), especially if you're white and holding some money, then you live on an island surrounded by seas of destruction, most of which keep your island afloat. No real news there, but Jensen lays out ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 30 20:23:28 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 20:27:34 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 13 05:26:54 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 05:27:13 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Oct 18 11:38:14 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 11:38:35 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 13:03:44 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 13:03:44 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 19 15:33:55 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 15:33:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 07:02:21 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 07:02:21 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 10:48:40 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 10:48:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 08:52:55 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 08:52:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 16:45:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 16:45:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 08:19:57 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 08:19:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 12 14:34:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 14:34:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 05 03:05:39 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 03:05:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 09:55:51 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 09:55:51 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 30 11:35:35 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 11:35:35 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=109790