Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization

I can recommend highly this book WATER

I bought this book to learn more on the subject of water and its impact on the world. I have the opinion that water is the next oil in the world of foreign affairs and wanted increase my understanding of it. And this book did not disappoint me in supporting this thought or in educating me in the value of water that I did not understand before. But a very interesting and important benefit, in addition to the title name sake, is the history of water expanding my general knowledge of world history.I would like to stress to all parents and teachers of eighth or ninth grade students to have the students read this book for a very clear primer about world history. If this book cannot be part of a school class then it should be encouraged to be read during the summer break and a report made on it at the beginning of the ninth grade.Learning about the value of water is important but what this book explains in terms of historical relevance from 3,000 BCE to today will make future history and social study classes much easier to learn. The student will learn why societies built up near rivers and lakes, why ocean located cities grew and expanded over inland or land locked societies. How managing water impacted technical advances in a society over another.The holidays are near get Water as a present for that 13 or 14 year child, grandchild, or young person you want to mentor.

A great book! Well written and very interesting! The book gives a great insight into our current problem of water shortage and explains how different civilizations have been using water.

As a snowbird, I live in Yuma, AZ in the winter and near Superior, Wisconsin the rest of the year. The Colorado River is critical to the Yuma area, its life blood, and there has been contraversy about sharing Lake Superior water. So I bought the book for those reasons.But "Water" is much more than an analysis of current water problems, it is a well written history of water since before Mesopotamia. The book gave me wonderful information about the many major rivers and their watersheds and an intriguing world history tour.This book should be read by all, especially politicians.Excellent scholarship.

Thanks for the book which arrived in excellent condition and seemed to be a very acceptable present for the person whose birthday it was!