Fulton, despite his fame, attracted only limited attention among naval officers more interested in blue-water warfare.
Improvising survival tactics as he went along, he contended with searing heat, scarce water, tribal warfare, marauding lions, shattered axles, dodgy guides, and native helpers whose conflicting dietary superstitions made it impossible to settle on a commonly agreeable meal from the caravan's mobile larder of sheep and oxen.
Humanity now faces existential crises on multiple fronts: extremes of economic disparity, a severely degraded global ecosystem, competition for dwindling natural resources including land and water, constant warfare, failed states, and a climate on the verge of spinning out of control.
The redesigned Malibu faces a daunting traffic jam, with multiple midsize rivals already on the streets, shined up and ready for water-cooler warfare.
Earlier today President Bush signed legislation that allocated $4.3 billion to protect American food supplies and water from biological warfare.
To the editor: Water wars, class warfare, it doesn't really matter how one labels it: We are in a drought and need to use all available methods to address the crisis.
Among the specific new weapons Mr. Panetta mentioned were the advanced fifth-generation aircraft known as the Joint Strike Fighter, the enhanced Virginia-class fast-attack submarine that can operate in shallow and deep waters, new electronic warfare and communications capabilities, and improved precision weapons.
The jubilant Maurys were drenched in the baptismal water of modern mine warfare in North America.
In this long conflict, warfare on water played a much bigger role in determining the ultimate victor.
But a successful fish ride-along program will not eliminate the contentious legal warfare pitting water agencies, fishermen and environmental groups against state and federal agencies.
