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Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis

byJared Diamond

In Upheaval, Jared Diamond presents a historical account centered on turning Points for Nations in Crisis. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the connected fields of history and social science. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Back Bay Books

Publication date

2020-05

Format

Print edition

Pages

502

ISBN

9780316409148