Argues that future wars will be fought, not over political or religious differences, but over such diminishing natural resources as water, oil, timber, and minerals.

Introduction
1. Wealth, Resources, and Power: The Changing Parameters of Global Security
2. Oil, Geography, and War: The Competitive Pursuit of Petroleum Plenty
3. Oil Conflict in the Persian Gulf
4. Energy Conflict in the Caspian Sea Basin
5. Oil Wars in the South China Sea
6. Water Conflict in the Nile Basin
7. Water Conflict in the Jordan, Tigris-Euphrates, and Indus River Basins
8. Fighting for the Riches of the Earth: Internal Wars over Minerals and Timber
9. The New Geography of Conflict
Appendix: Territorial Disputes in Areas Containing Oil and/or Natural Gas
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index