Reviews

War and Nature: Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring by Alfred W. Crosby, Donald Worster, Edmund Russell

kmatthe2's review against another edition

4.0

I regularly teach Silent Spring and have been struck by the ways in which the mechanisms of war helped to drive the chemical industry. This book blows that history wide open and maps out the co-evolution of chemical warfare and insecticide industry.

pearseanderson's review against another edition

3.0

We read three chapters for Anima Biocapital with Les Beldo, and I found them to be engaging if dry, definitely not the popular science reading I would prefer when it comes to insecticide work. Oh man, I have a lot of work to do today. Better get going, I did learn a lot from this.