War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires

by Peter Turchin

Book Overview

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. He demonstrates that high levels of cooperation are found where people have to band together to fight off a common enemy, and that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452288193
• ISBN13: 9780452288195
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher