War and Peace and War: The Life Cycles of Imperial Nations

By Peter Turchin

Book Overview

Borrowing ideas from the natural science disciplines of statistical mechanics and nonlinear dynamics, Turchin (ecology and evolutionary biology, U. of Connecticut) has formulated a science of history called cliodynamics (Clio is the muse affiliated with history). Here he applies his theory to the rise and fall of empires, illustrating his argum

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131499963
• ISBN13: 9780131499966
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.5" x 6.0"