Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and CivilizationA dramatic narrative account of mans most critical resource in shaping human destinies from ancient times to our dawning age of freshwater scarcity. Far more than oil, the control of water wealth throughout history has been pivotal to the rise and fall of great powers, the achievements of civilization, the transformations of society's vital habitats, and the quality of ordinary daily lives. Today, freshwater scarcity is one of the twenty first