Book contents
- Nature at War
- Nature at War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables and Charts
- Maps
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I New Weapons, New Spaces
- Part II Military Materials I (metals and energy)
- 3 “Tanks Are Born Underground”
- 4 Fueling the “American Century”
- Part III Military Materials II (foods and plants)
- Part IV New Landscapes
- Part V New Frontiers
- Part VI Conservation
- Index
4 - Fueling the “American Century”
Establishing the US Petroleum Imperative
from Part II - Military Materials I (metals and energy)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 March 2020
- Nature at War
- Nature at War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables and Charts
- Maps
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I New Weapons, New Spaces
- Part II Military Materials I (metals and energy)
- 3 “Tanks Are Born Underground”
- 4 Fueling the “American Century”
- Part III Military Materials II (foods and plants)
- Part IV New Landscapes
- Part V New Frontiers
- Part VI Conservation
- Index
Summary
Americans proudly streamed to the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City as World War II flared on the other side of the Atlantic. Not yet part of the conflict, Americans used the opportunity to escape the present and wax utopian. Although the dreams on display took many forms, they were synched together by an invisible hand – more specifically, by a basic assumption – concealed within each of the scenes: bountiful supplies of cheap energy.
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- Nature at WarAmerican Environments and World War II, pp. 116 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020