This article directs attention to the largely unrecognized ecological impact of the techniques likely to be employed in the many small wars we can look forward to in the years to come. The Indochina war provides an example of what can be expected when a major nation becomes involved in a counterinsurgency war on foreign shores. I am convinced that what is urgently required at this time is the establishment of the concept that widespread and serious ecological debilitation—so-called ecocide—cannot be condoned.