Earth Wars

A sobering account of how the United States trapped itself in endless wars—abroad and at home—and what it might do to break free.

Travel through the cosmos with over 2 hours of space-themed music from the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by the great John Williams. On CD 1 hear John Williams’ intergalactic masterpieces – music from the original Star Wars trilogy, E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Venture onwards on CD 2 with themes from Alien, Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica then journey back to our solar system with Holst’s The Planets.

Blackout Wars is about the historically unprecedented threat to our electronic civilization from its dependence on the electric power grid. Most Americans have experienced temporary blackouts, and regard them as merely an inconvenience. Some Americans have experienced more protracted local and regional blackouts, as in the aftermaths of Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina, and may be better able to imagine the consequences of a nationwide blackout lasting months or years, that plunges the entire United States into the dark.