A pair of books build on Jared Diamond's warning in "Collapse" that rigid social structures and environmental mismanagement combined to destroy a society from within. Both share Diamond's chilling warning of economic and ecosystem disruption. Both authors realize that our increasingly technologically sophisticated civilization is built upon the fragile fault line of many pending environmental disasters and unsustainable patterns.

http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2007/09/2633672