The Undersea War
The International Battle for Supremacy at the Bottom of the World
$54.60
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2027
Summary
A hidden network sustains our world, but it’s no longer safe.
Every button, house, nation, and financial market depends on a massive, unseen web of cables across the ocean floor. Power cables and pipelines on the seafloor provide the world with energy. This is the newest battlefield where countries must protect their interests - and the functioning of daily life - while rivals test their limits. From the Baltic to the Pacific, sinister ruptures, mysterious vessels, an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399825412 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1399825410 |
| Author: | Elisabeth Braw |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2027 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 162mm x 236mm |
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Critics Review
A compelling and revealing look at the new front-line of geopolitical conflict
Illuminating yet unsettling … It is rare for a nonfiction book to reveal the urgency and significance of a topic that has been largely ignored until now with such analytical precision and narrative power
A masterful and compelling book by one of the most insightful observers of modern strategic competition … Timely, authoritative, and highly relevant, The Undersea War is essential reading for policymakers, business leaders, and citizens alike – General David Petraeus, US Army, retired, coauthor of the New York Times bestseller CONFLICT
Timely, authoritative, and deeply unsettling, The Undersea War illuminates
one of the most consequential - and least understood - security
challenges of our age
Writing with the authority of all her scholarship but with a journalist’s eye for drama and suspense, Elisabeth Braw packs a real punch with this analysis. It’s a war that is not just undersea. It’s a war that is also under-reported and now certainly underway – Michael Clarke, Former Director General, Royal United Services Institute
A compelling and revealing look at the new front-line of geopolitical conflict
Illuminating yet unsettling … It is rare for a nonfiction book to reveal the urgency and significance of a topic that has been largely ignored until now with such analytical precision and narrative power
Elisabeth Braw
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where she leads research on threats to the global maritime order. A leading expert on national security, geopolitics and global risk, she has worked in academia, the private sector and journalism, and regularly writes for The Times, Politico and Foreign Policy. She is the author of God’s Spies, The Defender’s Dilemma and Goodbye, Globalization, which won a gold medal in the 2024 Axiom Business Book Awards. Born in Sweden, she attended university in Germany and holds a Magister Artium in political science and German literature.
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