Michael Klare
—Adam Hochschild, author of Lessons from a Dark Time and King Leopold’s Ghost
The Pentagon, unsentimental and politically conservative, might not seem likely to be worried about climate change—still linked, for many people, with polar bears and coral reefs. Yet of all the major institutions in American society, none take climate change as seriously as the U.S. military. The military now regards climate change as one of the top threats to American national security—and is busy developing strategies to cope with it. Read more…
From Michael Klare, the renowned expert on natural resource issues, an invaluable account of a new and dangerous global competition. Read more...
From the author of the now-classic Resource Wars, an indispensable account of how the world's diminishing sources of energy are radically changing the international balance of power. Read more...
From the oilfields of Saudi Arabia to the Nile delta, from the shipping lanes of the South China Sea to the pipelines of Central Asia, Resource Wars looks at the growing impact of resource scarcity on the military policies of nations. Read more...
In Blood and Oil, Michael Klare concentrates on a single precious commodity, petroleum, while issuing a warning to the United States—its most powerful, and most dependent, global consumer. Read more...
A documentary film version of Klare’s 2005 Blood and Oil, featuring archival footage of American presidents and other top leaders asserting the need to use military force to ensure access to Middle Eastern oil. Demonstrates conclusively that the Gulf War of 1990-91 and other U.S. military actions in the Persian Gulf area have been driven by the geopolitics of oil. Narrated by Klare and produced by the Media Education Foundation. Learn more & order...
Michael Klare is the author of fourteen books, including: Resource Wars (2001); Blood and Oil (2004); Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet (2008); and The Race for What’s Left (2012). Read more...