Upheaval: How Nations Cope With Crisis And Change
Language: English
Published by Allen Lane, 2019
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Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. In his third book, Jared Diamond explores how successful nations recover from crises by adopting selective changes, a coping mechanism often associated with individuals. He compares the experiences of six countries that have faced significant upheavals, including Japan's forced opening by U.S. Commodore Perry, Finland's defense against the Soviet Union, and the turmoil in Chile and Indonesia, along with Germany and Austria's post-World War Two transformations. Drawing on his firsthand experiences and language skills in five of these nations, Diamond presents their histories and coping strategies, which include acknowledging responsibility, honest self-appraisal, and learning from other nations. He also examines whether the United States, Japan, and the world are effectively addressing their current crises and if lessons from the past can guide them. By integrating a psychological perspective with history, geography, biology, and anthropology, Diamond reveals the factors that influence how nations and individuals respond to significant challenges. The result is an epic yet deeply personal exploration of resilience and recovery in the face of adversity.…
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- Title
- Upheaval: How Nations Cope With Crisis And Change
- Author
- Jared Diamond
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0241003431
- ISBN 13
- 9780241003435
'A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises - which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global crisis' YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of SAPIENS
** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**
Author of the landmark international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond has transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, at a time when crises are erupting around the world, heexplores what makes certain nations resilient, and reveals the factors that influence how nations and individuals can respond to enormous challenges.
In a riveting journey into the recent past, he traces how six distinctive modern nations - Finland, Chile, Indonesia, Japan, Germany and Australia - have survived defining catastrophes, and identifies patterns in their recovery. Looking ahead, he investigates the risk that the United States and other countries, faced by grave threat, are set on a course towards catastrophe.
Adding a rich psychological dimension to the in-depth history, geography, biology and anthropology that underpin all of Diamond's writing, Upheaval is epic in scope, but also his most personal book yet.
'Fascinating ... I finished the book even more optimistic about our ability to solve problems than I started' BILL GATES
'Jared Diamond does it again: another rich, original and fascinating chapter in the human saga - with vital lessons for our difficult times' STEVEN PINKER
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