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Tag Archives: decline and fall
Book review of Turchin’s “Secular Cycles” and “War & Peace & War”
Preface. This is a book review of both “Secular Cycles” and “War & Peace & War”. I recommend reading “War & Peace & War” first, then the more difficult “Secular Cycles”. Turchin has found patterns in the rise and fall … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Collapse, Overpopulation, Peter Turchin, Predictions, Social Disorder, Stages of, War Books
Tagged collapse, crisis phase, decline and fall, secular cycles, Turchin, violence, war
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Ward-Perkins “The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization”
[ This is a book review of Ward-Perkins “The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization“. What sparked my interest in reading several books on the decline of Rome was when James Howard Kunstler (KunstlerCast 278) interviewed me about … Continue reading
Posted in Collapse of Civilizations, Roman Empire, Supply Chains
Tagged civilization, collapse, decline and fall, roman empire
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Decline and Fall of Civilizations links to articles about this
The Histomap. Four thousand years of world history. Relative power of contemporary states, nations, and empires from slate.com
Posted in 1) Decline
Tagged civilization, decline and fall
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