End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But everyone needs to pay attention to the well-informed, convincing and terrifying analysis in this book.” …

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