A well-researched and expertly written analysis... Its unique and important perspective makes All Hell Breaking Loose a standout among climate change titles.”
—Booklist (starred review)
“With an impressively global breadth of knowledge, Michael Klare shows us the various ways in which the Pentagon understands all the dimensions of climate change—and is planning to cope with it. After all, our armed forces are, among other things, a worldwide apparatus for intelligence-gathering and strategic planning. On this greatest issue of our times, we ignore their findings at our peril.”
—Adam Hochschild, author of Lessons from a Dark Time and King Leopold’s Ghost
“After a lifetime of critical reporting on our war machine, Michael Klare has the contacts and insights to make this new book very useful indeed: it shows that inside the Pentagon people have begun to take climate change quite seriously, and helps us think about what might mean going forward. Fascinating reporting!”
—Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
“Michael Klare has done a masterful job of capturing key points in the U.S. military’s pragmatic approach to climate change. As he shows, the military is building resilience in its own training, testing, and ability to respond, and is clear-eyed about warming’s effects in catalyzing chaos and crises abroad that it may be called upon to respond to.”
—General Ron Keys, United States Air Force (retired), chairman of the CNA Military Advisory Board
“Michael Klare does an exemplary job of recounting not only how military leaders view climate change differently than politicians on either end of the political spectrum, but why they do so. Seamlessly weaving together a narrative of Pentagon reports and compelling testimony, he shows that the military sees climate change as a threat to its capacity to defend the nation.”
—John Conger, former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)