The book reviewed deals with an animal, which, along with the bear, has been at the core of environmental conflicts in France since its reappearance around 1992.
This paper examines how natural resources have been an important motive, target, and resource for warfare throughout human history.
The essay sheds light on the implications of Chernobyl as a national site of memory in Germany, France, and Belarus. The comparative perspective reveals the importance of underlying structures such as national (nuclear) politics, elite and expert culture, environmentalism, and the role of individual agency.
