The aftermath of Tet brought public discussions about de-escalation, but not before U.S. generals asked for additional troops for a wide-scale âaccelerated pacification program.â Believing that the U.S. was in a position to defeat the North, these military leaders sought to press for a U.S.-South Vietnam offensive.
Environmental Determinism is essentially the theory that the physical environment (especially climate) controls human character and behavior and consequently human cultures and societies. (from http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo101/glossary.html) This idea gained popularity from about 1870-1915.
Mary Mellor (UK). Ecofeminism is a movement that sees a connection between the exploitation and degradation of the natural world and the subordination and oppression of women. It emerged in the mid-1970s alongside second-wave feminism and the green movement.he âWomen and Life on Earth: Ecofeminism in the Eightiesâ conference held at Amherst (1980) was the first in a series of ecofeminist conferences, inspiring the growth of ecofeminist organizations and actions... -- Lois Ann Lorentzen, University of San Francisco, and Heather Eaton, Saint Paul University (2002).