War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires Paperback - 2007
by Turchin, Peter
- New
Turchin offers a bold, controversial theory of world history, examining amongother topics, how ancient history explains current geopolitics, whether Chinaor Europe can dominate the world, and if America is in decline.
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Details
- Title War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires
- Author Turchin, Peter
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin USA, London United Kingdom
- Date 2007-03-01
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780452288195
- ISBN 9780452288195 / 0452288193
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.42 x 5.54 x 0.89 in (21.39 x 14.07 x 2.26 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Dewey Decimal Code 909
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Summary
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.
