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Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century

by Geoffrey Parker
Yale Univ. 2013. 904p. illus. maps. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780300153231. $45; ebk. ISBN 9780300189193.
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OrangeReviewStarThrough the prism of the 17th century, which included the Little Ice Age, Parker explores how climate change initiated food shortages, rampant disease, and warfare in such disparate locales as Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. His cautionary tale warns that while climate change results in great turmoil, the situation does not turn catastrophic unless governments prove unable to respond effectively to the challenges faced by the general populace. (LJ 6/15/13)
Reviewed by John Burch , Jun 01, 2015
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