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Upheaval
- Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier
- Length: 18 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
A brilliant new theory of how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't, by the author of the landmark best sellers Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse.
In his earlier best sellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in the final audiobook in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis through selective change - a coping mechanism more commonly associated with personal trauma.
In a dazzling comparative study, Diamond shows us how seven countries have survived defining upheavals in the recent past - from US Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan to the Soviet invasion of Finland to Pinochet's regime in Chile - through a process of painful self-appraisal and adaptation, and he identifies patterns in the way that these distinct nations recovered from calamity. Looking ahead to the future, he investigates whether the US and the world are squandering their natural advantages on a path toward political conflict and decline. Or can we still learn from the lessons of the past?
Adding a psychological dimension to the awe-inspiring grasp of history, geography, economics, and anthropology that marks all Diamond's work, Upheaval reveals how both nations and individuals can become more resilient. The result is an audiobook that is epic, urgent, and groundbreaking.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-06-20
Insightful and brilliant
Jared Diamond is a favourite author of mine as this book upholds that. Absolutely recommend!
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- humidake
- 22-04-24
steel for thoughts
didn't expect this to be as explosive as his first success but again the contents are as strong as steel
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-11-22
No surprises here
Interesting, clear eyed but personal reflection on a range of countries with some summative insights, but no major revelations. Avuncular admonition to his birth nation the USA, and a warning that will probably get a good ignoring from the audiences that matter.
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- daveo
- 18-09-19
Good content, weird style
This book not as brilliant as his previous books but still interesting and original. The attempt to synthesise personal psychology with culture, history and geography doesn't really work, but it is thought provoking. Big problems with this book are: needs editing for style and length - it's too dense and academic in style for the popular market. And a trily godawful style of presentation, plodding, boring voice. Lots of needless repetition and qualification. Also no concession to audio, "see table 1.1", "at the bottom of the page", dont say "e.g." say for example etc. Are they too scared to edit the great prof Diamond?
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- Evelyn
- 08-05-20
nice but not too nice
very useful but not as exceptional as I expected. Also everything about data technology and internet is not mentioned
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- Alexander e
- 25-09-19
Thought provoking
Well presented with very detailed analysis on very unique crises’s experienced by different countries.
Didn’t expect this to provide such interesting information and takes on it
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- Sasho Bogoevski
- 11-01-20
Outstanding
Diamond continues his brilliant and unique approach at analyzing big topics with tremendous insights and focus.
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- Anthony
- 04-07-19
Interesting, but slow and drawn out
Lots of history, but not enough reference back to the book title and topic. Examples seemed to be picked because they fitted the model under discussion, rather than developed or proved it.
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- Craig
- 03-06-19
excellent!
superb except for the USA portion, not interesting or entirely relevant to the core aims of the book.
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- Faisal Khesrawi
- 12-01-22
Overall enjoyable book
as usual Jared Diamond can go to long lengths to explain some less important points.
a bit repetitive at certain points.
But overall I enjoyed the book and it is a good follow up to Guns, Germs and Steel.
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