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War and peace and war : the rise and fall of empires / Peter Turchin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turchin, Peter, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World history.
- History--Mathematical models.
- History.
- Historiometry.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 405 pages : maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Penguin Group, [2007]
- Summary:
- Turchin offers a bold, controversial theory of world history, examining amongother topics, how ancient history explains current geopolitics, whether Chinaor Europe can dominate the world, and if America is in decline.
- Notes:
- "A Plume book."
- Originally published: Pi Press, 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-388) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780452288195
- 0452288193
- OCLC:
- 85252994
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