War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires
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War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires
Author: Turchin, Peter
Brand: PLUME
Color: Multicolor
Edition: Reprint
Binding: paperback
Format: Deckle Edge
Number Of Pages: 416
Release Date: 27-02-2007
Details: 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.
EAN: 9780452288195
Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
Languages: English
