Sale The ugly truth about dams is about to be revealed.Click here for interactive maps about dams and rivers from ESRIDuring the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the whole messy truth about the legacy of last centurys big dam-building binge has come to light. What started out as an arguably good government project has drifted oceans away from that original virtuous intent. Governments plugged the nations rivers in a misguided attempt to turn them into revenue streams. Water control projectsmain legacy will be one of needless ecological destruction, fostering a host of unnecessary injustices.The estimated 800,000 dams in the world cant be blamed for destroying the Earths entire biological inheritance, but they play an outsized role in that destruction. Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Crazy World is a kind of speed date with the history of water control -- its dams, diversions and canals, and just as importantly, the politics and power that evolved with them. Ex