Polar War - Kenneth R. Rosen (epub)(Nonfiction)

Polar War - Kenneth R. Rosen
Author: Kenneth R. Rosen
Full title: Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic
Length: approximately 320 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2026
Genre/Categories: Nonfiction; Geopolitics; Climate & environment; Security studies; Narrative reportage
Polar War examines how rapid Arctic warming has turned the far north into a new strategic flashpoint where the US, Russia, China, and regional states compete over shipping lanes, energy reserves, critical minerals, and military positioning. Rosen blends travelogue‑style reporting—embedding with Navy SEAL trainings, sailing on icebreakers, joining Coast Guard patrols, and visiting remote research stations—with interviews of scientists, soldiers, Indigenous leaders, and diplomats from 21 countries across four continents. The book portrays the Arctic both as a fragile, vanishing ecosystem and as a brewing “hot zone” of a new cold war, arguing that decisions made there in the next decade may shape global security, energy policy, and the trajectory of climate catastrophe.