Diagnosing dissent, hysterics, deserters, and conscientious objectors in Germany during World War One

causes including climate change. Recommendations include a ‘fundamental rethinking of the beliefs that have led to such high emissions’ (234) while building on the reductions, innovations and increased efficiency of the US military to date. The arguments for continuing to protect oil supplies in the Persian Gulf are effectively challenged. The positive spin-offs from a significant reduction in emissions carried out with the objective of mitigation are detailed. To help with the complexity of the subject, each chapter has a helpful introduction and concluding summary. An extensive use of quotes gives voice to some of the many actors involved. After such an impressive read, the final chapter feels a little rushed, with a bit less clarity and in a few places a little less of the objectivity that has made the presentation of evidence so convincing. This is a minor criticism given the overall importance and strengths of this book’s analysis and recommendations. Whether you want to understand the detail of emissions calculations, efforts not to report them despite parallel actions to reduce them, the ongoing mindset of the US military and government in relation to their national security, the negative behavioural loops they have got into in relation to climate change and what they should do differently – this is an essential book. Hopefully, the generals and politicians will read it too.