Violent protests across the global South, in response to rocketing food prices from 2006 to 2008, highlighted an intrinsic flaw in the modern system of world trade&mdash;one that poses a serious threat to regional and international stability. In <em>The Food Wars</em>, Walden Bello traces the evolution of this crisis, examining its eruption in Mexico, Africa, the Philippines and China. Daring in vision and impassioned in tone, <em>The Food Wars</em> speaks out against the obscene imbalance in the most basic commodities between northern and southern hemispheres.