Between Two Fires: A Fire History of Contemporary America

by Stephen J. Pyne

Book Overview

From a fire policy of prevention at all costs to today's restored burning, Between Two Fires is America's history channeled through the story of wildland fire management. Stephen J. Pyne tells of a fire revolution that began in the 1960s as a reaction to simple suppression and single-agency hegemony, and then matured into more enlightened programs of fire management. It describes the counterrevolution of the 1980s that stalled the movement,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816532141
• ISBN13: 9780816532148
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"