In her book The Hour of Land, Terry Tempest Williams highlights how the ongoing war on terror has become a pretext for exploiting public resources, including land. She criticizes how powerful institutions like the World Bank and World Trade Organization prioritize corporate interests over local communities and environmental protection. Williams laments the loss of wilderness as economic pursuits and development overshadow the intrinsic value of natural landscapes.

Williams emphasizes that amidst these pressures, the question remains: "Where is the place for wilderness?" She advocates for recognizing the importance of national parks and natural areas as vital to the nation's identity and health. Her work calls for a reconsideration of priorities, emphasizing the need to protect wilderness from being sacrificed for economic gains and corporate dominance.