Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

In his runaway bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond brilliantly examined the circumstances that allowed Western civilizations to dominate much of the world. Now he probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to fall into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? Using a vast historical and geographical perspective ranging from Easter Island and the Maya to Viking Greenland and modern Montana, Diamond traces a fundamental pattern of environmental catastrophe?one whose warning signs can be seen in our modern world and that we ignore at our peril. Blending the most recent scientific advances into a narrative that is impossible to put down, Collapse exposes the deepest mysteries of the past even as it offers hope for the future. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-17-2009; Good review of many historical societies; Is civilization, as we know it today, invincible? Considering human existence since the beginning, it's a tough call to say how long we'll survive. On the other hand, it is feasible to review past societies to compare and contrast them...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-05-2009; Thorough, significant, and relevant anthropology; The only unfortunate aspect of Diamond's comparative history is that it too often gets confused with the work of James Kunstler because both wrote books that appeal to readers interested in climate change. The difference is that Diamond...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-05-2009; Compelling Reading for Concerned Residents of Planet Earth; Human history is full of tantalizing riddles. Some of the most fascinating of these arise from the appearance of ancient ruins in unlikely places, such as Easter Island, or the dense jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula. To the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-01-2009; A Compelling But Imperfect Look Into Environmental Reasons For Collapse And What It Means For Our World; First, let me say the real score I'd want to give this book is a 3.5 or 3.75. First, on a more superficial level, it could have used another round or two of editing. There are multiple occasions where he hammers home the same point...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-17-2009; Good review of many historical societies; Is civilization, as we know it today, invincible? Considering human existence since the beginning, it's a tough call to say how long we'll survive. On the other hand, it is feasible to review past societies to compare and contrast them...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-26-2008; Obvious pluses and not so obvious minuses; Jared Diamond has a gift for explaining complex phenomena to the average person in a way that is captivating and digestible. In this book, he tackles a topic (the collapse of societies) that is depressing to some and terrifying to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-30-2008; Diamond collapsed after "Guns, Germs, and Steel"; I loved the first half of the author's "Guns, Germs, and Steel". So I bought this book. Unfortunately this book is just awful.(However, if you especially liked the second half of that book, you are likely to like this book too!)In terms...; read full review | report as inappropriate