“Compelling and insightful...U.S. dependence on oil is not something that can be dealt with ‘down the road,' Klare posits. He offers thoughtful solutions that, while expensive, are essential to escape compromising the principles of American policy. This powerful book forecasts that if we do not change the paradigm, the flow of blood will continue unabated while a dwindling supply of oil will threaten powerful and weak nations alike.” —H.C. Stackpole, Lieutenant General, USMC (ret.)

“Blood and Oil is the most comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of America's military-petroleum complex available today. From our gluttonous demand for fuel to power our automobiles to the activities of Centcom in the Persian Gulf, Michael Klare is invariably incisive and accurate. With a petroleum import dependency well over fifty percent, the United States is digging its own grave.” —Chalmers Johnson, author of The Sorrows of Empire

“Oil, says Michael Klare, makes us strong, but dependency makes us weak. His clear, informed, and troubling diagnosis of America's greatest addiction comes as oil's rising cost in blood and treasure requires us to understand the greater perils to come. Blood and Oil proves that oil's substitutes and especially their efficient use are an even greater bargain than they look. Too much time has already been wasted on denial. America's security, power, and freedom now turn on our choice.” —Amory B. Lovins, Cofounder and CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute

“The rapid increase in the price of gasoline is a direct result of the failure of the U.S. to develop a realistic energy policy. As Michael Klare demonstrates in this provocative new book, we will continue to pay high prices and use military force unless we reduce our dependence on oil from the Middle East. A must read for Americans concerned about national security and economic growth.” —Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and former Assistant Secretary of Defense

“Blood and Oil throws into sharp relief the political and social dimensions of the most important problem of our times. Reasoned and readable, it sketches out the terrible consequences of our nation's immense and growing addiction to petroleum. This is an important book.” —David Goodstein, author of Out of Gas

“Donald Rumsfeld famously declared that the Iraq War ‘has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.' Nonsense, demonstrates Michael Klare, in Blood and Oil, a compelling new assessment of America's bet on Middle Eastern oil as the lifeblood of the U.S. economy. Klare's mastery of the interplay of natural resources and conflict is unrivaled, and his new study is timely and vitally important.” —Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University