War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires

War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires

From the author of End Times

In War and Peace and War, Peter Turchin uses his expertise in evolutionary biology to offer a bold new theory about the course of world history.

Turchin argues that the key…

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