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Review: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

User Review - Carye Bye - Goodreads

Chose this "big daddy" for our social issues book club. We took all summer to read. It's like many little books in one, with many case studies of ancient 'gone' societies, and also more current ones ... Read full review

Review: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

User Review - Jack - Goodreads

Very Good --- His account of why societies 'choose' to succeed or fail. Five factors: negative environmental impacts, man's negative effect on environment, friendly neighbors, hostile neighbors, man's ... Read full review

Review: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

User Review - Scott - Goodreads

Sobering and eye-opening. Professor Diamond paints a convincing picture of how environmental factors impact the ascension and demise of various societies across time and space. Since he examines ... Read full review

Review: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

User Review - Nicholas Cottrell - Goodreads

A solid if biased book about why some societies collapsed over the course of human history. Like his better known "Guns Germs and Steel", it is unapologetically Eurocentric but offers several ... Read full review

Review: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

User Review - Patrick Riazi - Goodreads

Good follow up to Guns, Germs and Steel. A little dense at times but he takes a very complex subject and makes it very readable. Read full review

Review: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

User Review - Kwende - Goodreads

Can we save ourselves? Read full review

Review: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

User Review - Terry - Goodreads

Cool and informative book about mankind's long and sorted history in varied time and geography such as PNG, Greenland, Easter Island, Chaco Canyon, Polynesia, Japan, Haiti, and Montanta. Author ... Read full review

Review: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

User Review - Derek DeHart - Goodreads

Despite reading at times more like a college thesis than a proper book, Collapse's chapters are often thought-provoking, sometimes infuriating, and always well-constructed. Read full review

Review: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

User Review - Jason - Goodreads

Collapse is a fascinating read in many ways. It explores the hidden side of several infamous and other more obscure downfalls and it's written in a witty and engaging way. Most illuminating is the ... Read full review