War and Peace and War
By Peter Turchin
By Peter Turchin
By Peter Turchin
By Peter Turchin
Category: Ancient World History | Military History
Category: Ancient World History | Military History
-
Paperback $18.00
Feb 27, 2007 | ISBN 9780452288195
Civilization
Earning the Rockies
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
A Short History of Humanity
The War of the World
Civil Wars
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
The Loom of Time
Warrior Politics
Praise
Turchin’s view of [history] from the perspective of an evolutionary biologist . . . promises a great deal. (The Times Higher Education Supplement)
Table Of Contents
War And Peace And WarList of Maps
Introduction
“So Peace Brings Warre and Warre Brings Peace”
Part I. ImperiogenesisThe Rise of Empires
1. A Band of Adventurers Defeats a Kingdom
Ermak’s Conquering Cossacks
2. Life on the Edge
The Transformation of Russiaand America
3. Slaughter in the Forest
At the Limites of the Roman Empire
4. Asabiya in the Desert
Ibn Khaldun Discovers the Key to History
5. The Myth of Self-Interest
And the Science of Cooperation
6. Born to Be Wolves
The Origins of Rome
7. A Medieval Black Hole
The Rise of the Great European Powers on Carolingian Marches
Part II. ImperiopathosisThe Fall of Empires
8. The Other Side of the Wheel of Fortune
From the Glorious Thirteenth Century into the Abyss of the Fourteenth
9. A New Idea of Renaissance
Why Human Conflict Is Like a Forest Fire and an Epidemic
10. The Matthew Principle
Why the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer
11. Wheels Within Wheels
The Many Declines of the Roman Empire
Part III. CliodynamicsA New Kind of History
12. War and Peace and Particles
The Science of History
13. The Bowling Alley in History
Measuring the Decline of Social Capital
14. The End of Empire?
How the Mobile Phone Is Changing Cliodynamics
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read
Become a Member
Start earning points for buying books! Just for joining you’ll get personalized recommendations on your dashboard daily and features only for members.
Find Out More Join Now Sign In