Lettre Ulysses Award Finalist

"William Langewiesche's enthralling study of the epidemic disorder of our oceans is hard to put down. His prose flows seamlessly and elegantly, effortlessly integrating investigative reporting, political analysis, travel writing, and even film criticism. After finishing it, it's hard to sleep."—Jesse Berrett, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"Vaitheeswaran tackles . . . hard questions at the core of society's energy dilemmas with style, balance, and insight . . . [He] brings to these questions the respect for markets and market-like mechanisms of a writer for The Economist, the understanding of technology of an M.I.T.-trained engineer, and the sympathy for the plight of the world's poor of an individual born in India—all of which he happens to be . . . Vaitheeswaran's book is by far the most helpful, entertaining, up-to-date, and accessible treatment of the energy-economy-environment problematique available."—John P. Holdren, Scientific American

"Brilliantly researched, ably argued . . . Resource Wars shows a new geography of conflict based on looming scarcities. Klare's analysis is indisputable."—David Rieff, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"As delightful to experience in words as it is difficult to experience in actuality . . . inherently compelling."—Chicago Sun-Times