A sobering and insightful assessment of a world in flux, Klare's book offers a compelling look at the future of warfare in a time of environmental crisis and high-speed economic competition.

Michael Klare directs the Five College Program in World Security Studies in Amherst, Massachusetts and has written several acclaimed books on the changing nature of warfare, including Low-Intensity Warfare and Rogue States and Nuclear Outlaws. He previously served as Director of the Program on Militarism and Disarmament at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.