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The Gulf War Aftermath

An Environmental Tragedy

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Muhammad Sadiq

    1. Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

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  2. John C. McCain

    1. Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
      Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, USA

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Part of the book series: Environment & Assessment (ENAS, volume 4)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Muhammad Sadiq, John C. McCain
    Pages 1-3

  3. Impact of the war on the marine environment

    • Muhammad Sadiq, John C. McCain
    Pages 5-58

  4. Environmental impact of Kuwait oil fires: upper atmosphere

    • Muhammad Sadiq, John C. McCain
    Pages 59-108

  5. Air pollution from the Kuwait oil fires: ground level

    • Muhammad Sadiq, John C. McCain
    Pages 109-157

  6. Air pollution from military operations

    • Muhammad Sadiq, John C. McCain
    Pages 159-181

  7. Gulf war impact on land resources

    • Muhammad Sadiq, John C. McCain
    Pages 183-232

  8. Human health and the Gulf crisis

    • Muhammad Sadiq, John C. McCain
    Pages 233-278

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 279-299
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About this book

In 1962 Rachel Carson warned of the consequences of man's pollution in her book Silent Spring, a book that some feel marks the real beginning of our environmental awareness. Silent Spring told of the consequences of our increasing pesticide use to birds. Almost 30 years after her warning, the western Arabian Gulf experienced its "silent spring" when approximately 100,000 to 250,000 waterbirds died, along with millions of other organisms, due to the massive oil spill that resulted due to Gulf war. The magnitude of our environmental problems has continued to grow during the last thirty years to a point where even the "doomsday" environmentalists could hardly have envisioned back in 1962. It seems the death of yet uncounted thousands of humans was not sufficient for Saddam Husain. His desire for power and infamy led him to unleash environmental war on mankind. At the end of the Gulf war he set ablaze the oil fields of Kuwait and released more oil into the sea than had been spilled at any time throughout history. These actions were despicable and an affront to civilized man. A quality environment should be a right of all mankind, and to wage war by deliberately polluting the earth cannot be tolerated.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    Muhammad Sadiq, John C. McCain

  • Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, USA

    John C. McCain

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Gulf War Aftermath

  • Book Subtitle: An Environmental Tragedy

  • Editors: Muhammad Sadiq, John C. McCain

  • Series Title: Environment & Assessment

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1685-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2278-8Published: 31 August 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4737-1Published: 26 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1685-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0929-0788

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 299

  • Topics: Ecotoxicology, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Terrestrial Pollution

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