The Nature of War: American Environments and World War II

This conference will examine American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens, focusing on how wartime developments helped shape American landscapes, institutions, and environmental thinking.  It will also explore the ways in which American environmental endowments structured and delimited the U.S. war effort—how nature and natural resources (quantities, types, locations, accessibility, etc.) set the parameters for what was possible in total war and both directly and indirectly determined tactics and strategies. Read more and register at:  go.osu.edu/natureofwar.