War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires Turchin PeterPaperback
War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires Turchin PeterPaperback From the author of End TimesIn War and Peace and War, Peter Turchin uses his expertise in evolutionary biology to offer a…
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War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires Turchin PeterPaperback
From the author of End TimesIn 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. But as empires grow, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, conflict replaces cooperation, and dissolution inevitably follows. 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.
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