ABOUT THE BOOK:
Described in a starred review by the Library Journal as a “landmark work,” Strangely Like War features a preface by the internationally renowned environmentalist Vandana Shiva, and exposes the destructive impact of industrial forestry and the escalating global war on trees.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Derrick Jensen is the prize-winning author of A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, Listening to the Land, Railroads and Clearcuts, and most recently, co-author of Strangely Like War (Chelsea Green, 2003). He was one of two finalists for the 2003 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, which cited The Culture of Make Believe as “a passionate and provocative meditation on the nexus of racism, genocide, environmental destruction and corporate malfeasance, where civilization meets its discontents.” He has also written for the New York Times Magazine, Audubon, and Sun Magazine, among many others.
George Draffan is a forest activist, public interest investigator, and corporate muckraker. He is the author of The Elite Consensus, A Primer on Corporate Power, and co-author of Railroads & Clearcuts. For the past fifteen years he has provided research services and training to citizens and public interest groups that are investigating and challenging corporate power. Some of his work can be found at Endgame, a project of the Public Information Network (www.endgame.org).
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