War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires

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From the author of End Times

In War and Peace and War, Peter Turchin uses his expertise in evolutionary biology to offer a bold new theory about the course of world history.

Turchin argues that the ke

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  • Author: Turchin, Peter
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Page Count: 416
  • Publish Date: March 01 2007
  • ISBN10: 0452288193
  • Language: English
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From the author of End Times

In War and Peace and War, Peter Turchin uses his expertise in evolutionary biology to offer a bold new theory about the course of world history.

Turchin argues that the key to the formation of an empire is a society’s capacity for collective action. He demonstrates that high levels of cooperation are found where people have to band together to fight off a common enemy, and that this kind of cooperation led to the formation of the Roman and Russian empires, and the United States. But as empires grow, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, conflict replaces cooperation, and dissolution inevitably follows. Eloquently argued and rich with historical examples, War and Peace and War offers a bold new theory about the course of world history with implications for nations today.

Author: Peter Turchin
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Plume Books
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.54w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780452288195
Language: English

Author

Turchin, Peter

Binding

ISBN10

0452288193

ISBN13

9780452288195

Page Count

416

Published Date

March 01, 2007

Language

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