This is a systematic study of the physical nature of drylands and the human response to them. Case studies from California, Soviet Central Asia, the Middle East, the Sahara and Australia serve to contrast different management approaches.
The Observer's chief foreign correspondent Peter Beaumont, takes us into the guts of modern conflict. Unflinching and utterly gripping, The Secret Life of War is a deeply personal and defining vision of the inner, secret nature of modern war.