Joshua O. Reno is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Binghamton University. He is also the author of Waste Away: Working and Living with a North American Landfill and the coeditor, with Catherine Alexander, of Economies of Recycling: The Global Transformation of Materials, Values, and Social Relations.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Worth the Waste2. Flight or FightCoauthored with Priscilla Bennett3. Sunk CostCoauthored with Priscilla Bennett4. The Wrong Stuff5. Domestic Blowback6. Island ErasureConclusionNotesReference ListIndex

"Reno eschews these common ways of understanding war’s wastefulness, turning instead to a quirky ethnographic exploration of other forms of military waste. . . . a fascinating read."

Joshua O. Reno is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Binghamton University. He is also the author of Waste Away: Working and Living with a North American Landfill and the coeditor, with Catherine Alexander, of Economies of Recycling: The Global Transformation of Materials, Values, and Social Relations.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Worth the Waste2. Flight or FightCoauthored with Priscilla Bennett3. Sunk CostCoauthored with Priscilla Bennett4. The Wrong Stuff5. Domestic Blowback6. Island ErasureConclusionNotesReference ListIndex

"Reno eschews these common ways of understanding war’s wastefulness, turning instead to a quirky ethnographic exploration of other forms of military waste. . . . a fascinating read."

Joshua O. Reno is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Binghamton University. He is also the author of Waste Away: Working and Living with a North American Landfill and the coeditor, with Catherine Alexander, of Economies of Recycling: The Global Transformation of Materials, Values, and Social Relations.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Worth the Waste2. Flight or FightCoauthored with Priscilla Bennett3. Sunk CostCoauthored with Priscilla Bennett4. The Wrong Stuff5. Domestic Blowback6. Island ErasureConclusionNotesReference ListIndex

"Reno eschews these common ways of understanding war’s wastefulness, turning instead to a quirky ethnographic exploration of other forms of military waste. . . . a fascinating read."