“Speaking of Annihilation”: Mobilizing for War Against Human and Insect Enemies, 1914-1945 written by Edmund P. Russell is about the chemicals from World War II that affects human and insect and the impact to the environment. In term of protecting the environment and wilderness, not many of the environmentalist have focus on warfare impacting the environment and the cause of chemical industries that have shape our environmental history on domestically and globalize. Hence, Russell’s journal broadens our understanding on the relationships between humans and environment and the further research that contributes to our knowledges. In Russell’s journal, he introduce the cartoons name Leatherneck that is relate to the mass bombing of Japanese cities.
