The Next World War: The new age of global conflict and the fight to stop it takes readers behind the scenes of the most dangerous era of international tensions since the end of the Cold War, as countries and their armies prepare for potential large-scale combat on a scale unseen since 1945. From the beaches of Taiwan to the battlefields of Ukraine, it explores how the globalised world of the 1990s and 2000s has given way to the much more volatile face-offs of the 2020s, and goes behind the scenes in the corridors of power in Washington, Whitehall, Moscow and Beijing. It profiles the fights already happening to examine what could be the worse to come - and the military and diplomatic battle to prevent that escalation. For some, this new era is already a reality. For others, such as European citizens being told to stockpile bottled water or who face possible conscription, it is coming ever closer. But for an unpredictable US and its nervous allies, this growing set of international confrontations from the Arctic to the Philippines represent likely the greatest threat yet to the world the West has built, risking the return of long and bloody wars and the threat of nuclear exchange. For those in power in Russia, China and their growing "axis of upheaval", those same flashpoints represent the chance to assert territorial claims that often go back a thousand years or more - and humiliate a West that they believe has held them down for decades. The Next World War is the book you need to understand events already taking place from the forests of Eastern Europe and beaches of Australia to the ocean''s depths, cyberspace and even the far side of the moon - and where they might go from here. It is fast-moving, wide-ranging and insightful - and will linger with you after you finish reading.

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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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'Incredibly well sourced . . . One of the most plugged-in voices in modern warfare'
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'Blends vivid reporting with shrewd analysis'
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'Truly excellent . . . a gripping tour de force. Every politician and military expert needs to read this book'
IAIN DALE

'Reads like a real-life geopolitical thriller . . . The fact it doesn't feel like scaremongering says a lot about the state of the world'
**JONN ELLEDGE
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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 and important . . . A warning order for the future'
**GENERAL SIR TIM RADFORD KCB DSO OBE
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'Sweeping and compelling, with plenty of human stories that really pull you in. A must-read book from the expert I go to when I really want to get a sense of where things might be going'
ANNA-JOY RICKARD