Overview

The Next World War takes readers behind the scenes of the most dangerous era of international tensions since the end of the Cold War, as countries and military forces prepare for potential large-scale combat on a scale unseen since 1945. From the corridors of power in Washington, Whitehall, Moscow and Beijing to the new frontlines of conflict in Ukraine, Taiwan, cyberspace and even the far side of the moon, Peter Apps unflinchingly explores the fault lines where global peace is already starting to unravel. Featuring the voices of the commanders, diplomats and technologists already shaping history, as well as the nervous conscripts and ordinary people directly caught up in events, The Next World War examines the real-world effects of this new era of global confrontation. For some - including millions of citizens told to stockpile food and water and prepare for potential mass disruption - it still may not feel entirely real. But for Russia, China and their growing 'axis of upheaval', today's conflicts represent a growing opportunity to reshape the world as they would like it - leading to potential disaster for the West if it cannot heed the warnings in time. From the return of Cold War-style atomic threats to new forms of sabotage and 'hybrid warfare', the battle for global dominance is already firmly underway. The Next World War is the book you need to understand the growing precariousness of our current situation - and the unending battle to stop it escalating past the point of no return.

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Gripping -- General Sir Tim Radford KCB DSO OBE Reads like a novel, mixing geopolitics and human stories from the very start -- Jonn Elledge, author of A History of the World in 47 Borders

Author Information

Peter Apps is global defence commentator at Reuters, a British Army reservist and executive director of pop-up think tank the Project for Study of the 21st Century (PS21). Peter has reported from across the world as a Reuters correspondent and was appointed a columnist in 2016. He has also served in the British Army as a specialist reservist, and presents the international defence podcast Facing Coming Storms for the British Army think tank The Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR). He is the author of Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO (Wildfire, 2024) and two successful Kindle Singles, Before Ebola (2014) and Churchill in the Trenches (2015).

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