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Diamond is an intellectual master of multiple academic disciplines, yet still able to clearly explain his cleverly distilled conclusions. He comes close to proselytizing towards the end of the book, but his theme - the fate of our civilization - is often worth his temporary loss of objective voice. Highly recommended.
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
kdengstrom, January 10, 2010
Diamond is an intellectual master of multiple academic disciplines, yet still able to clearly explain his cleverly distilled conclusions. He comes close to proselytizing towards the end of the book, but his theme - the fate of our civilization - is often worth his temporary loss of objective voice. Highly recommended.(2 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)