War and Peace and War

by Peter Turchin

Category: History.

ISBN: 9780452288195

Publication Year: 2007

Price: $27.86

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Description: Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a common enemy, and describing how the growth of empires leads to a growing dichotomy between rich and poor, increasing conflict instead of cooperation, and inevitable dissolution. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Added on: April 17, 2025

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