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When future historians seek to piece together the complex and byzantine tale of how humanity dithered on the edge of climate catastrophe - Mike Mann's book will be the most logical starting point to put the big picture together. Because Dr. Mann has been directly or indirectly involved at so many key moments, and with so many key players - and because he has pulled together a lucid narrative with a comprehensively annotated, highly detailed chronology - anyone that wants to understand the back story of an enormous and painful paradigm shift will be extremely well advised to consult this volume. There is enough material in the footnotes to jump-start dozens of master's theses in, among other topics -the unfolding of our understanding of global climate - but also, the history of science, the rights of privacy under constitutional law, abuses of corporate power, and the modern distortion of media by powerful vested interests. There have been a number of valuable contributions to the popular accounts of climate change science, but this one jumps immediately to the top of the list for anyone that wants to get the broadest historical context and overview of where we are, and how we got here.