War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · February 27, 2007
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk look at why empires rise, strain, and eventually come due.
- Genres
- World History, Other Military Conflicts, Civilizations
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, February 27, 2007
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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.
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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.
Empire Patterns
A brisk look at why empires rise, strain, and eventually come due.
Come here for
- big-picture empire patterns
- history with strategic bite
Expect
- cultural literacy with practical edge
- clean, explanatory framing over drama
Where it sits
| World History | 49% |
|---|---|
| Civilizations | 27% |
| Other Military Conflicts | 22% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ancient Warfare
- World History
- How Cultures Work
- Authors
- Peter Turchin
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- February 27, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Ancient Warfare