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American War by Omar El Akkad
4.0

The book was not quite what I was expecting based on the description in Goodreads, but I still enjoyed it. The author's premise of how our current human behavior of indifference to climate and energy shape a dystopian future was very interesting in my opinion. Throw in that based on our current politics I do not have a hard time accepting a plot where our country fractures again into civil war. My only issue would be that I don't see how a few southern states could fight a stand still war with the north for decades with such a small population base. Well, that and I didn't agree with the narrator's actions at the end. This kept me from giving it five stars.