Collapse. Why Some Societies Thrive While Others Collapse

Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond is rightly considered the author of intellectual bestsellers. The New York Times even called him the Dan Brown of scientific literature. In this book, Diamond offers a new perspective on the history of human civilization, the reasons for the rise and fall of ancient cultures – the society of Easter Island, Viking settlements in Greenland, the Maya in America, and he convincingly argues that many modern societies, primarily China and North America, stand at a crossroads and must decide in the near future whether they want to continue existing or are ready to perish.