Russell 1 & 2

what might you emphasize?
military effectiveness & strategy
development of the technology
morality and public reaction, hopes and fears--ideas
organizational history

relationships between warfare and pest control?
you need pesticides to keep your soldiers healthy
need pesticides to provide supplies (food, cotton...) for the soldiers
inventions made in wartime can be used to further pest control
metaphor--our enemies as pests and we are in a war against pests

chemists who worked on poison gas wanted to continue research after war
needed something they could convince the government to fund

does war speed up or slow down the progress of technology?
war results in rapid development of military technology
these can later be applied to other things
but would direct investment in peacetime technologies have done more quicker?
as technologies get more specialized (less for the general benefit of soldiers) may be less useful

relationships between war and nature?
war is destructive to nature
war leads to more rapid exploitation of nature (because of needs and new technologies)
nature affects how you have to fight a war--different environments
war is an extension of natural conflict (eg. fighting for territory)
metaphor: human beings can conquer nature
would it be better to use a metaphor of control or interdependence?

what do we think nature is?
what the world would be like if there were no humans
colonial ideas of wilderness as horrible
the ecological system of the planet that we might be in trouble if we disturb