UPHEAVAL

In his landmark international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what ma kes civilizations rise and fall. Now, at a time when crises are erupting around the world, he reveals what makes certain nations res ilient in the face of tremendous upheaval.In a riveting journey into the recent past, he traces how six countries have survived defi ning catastrophes - from the forced opening of Japan to the Soviet invasion of Finland to Chile's brutal Pinochet regime - through s elective...[Leer más]