The Heat and the Fury
26 September 2024Imprint: Footnote Press
Synopsis
'A landmark work on perhaps the essential question of our time' - David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth
In this ground-breaking book, environmental journalist, Peter Schwartzstein, takes the reader on the first on-the-ground exploration of climate change's contribution to global conflict. From the ravaged villages of Iraq, where ISIS has used drought as a recruiting tool and weapon...
In this ground-breaking book, environmental journalist, Peter Schwartzstein, takes the reader on the first on-the-ground exploration of climate change's contribution to global conflict. From the ravaged villages of Iraq, where ISIS has used drought as a recruiting tool and weapon...
Details
26 September 2024336 pages
9781804441572Imprint: Footnote Press
Reviews
At last - the red hot link between climate change and conflict laid out clearly, and laid bare. Schwartzstein has been, has seen, and tells it as it isTim Marshall, author of Prisoners of Geography
Peter Schwartzstein's The Heat and the Fury is a richly reported, beautifully rendered, remarkably complex and rewarding meditation on the interplay of planetary instability and human brutality - a landmark work on perhaps the essential question of our timeDavid Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth
A compelling and expert read about the most important issue of our times that is in danger of being marginalised by an extraordinary lack of political will.Patrick Cockburn, author of The Rise of Islamic State
Fascinating. In a mammoth reporting feat, Schwartzstein takes readers across the world to the frontlines of climate change - from the villages of the Sahel to Iraq's fight against jihadis, while always making sure to include nuance and context. I learnt a huge amount from this bookSally Hayden, author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned