TURCHIN, PETER:

WAR AND PEACE AND WAR. The Life Cycles of Imperial Nations.

New York, Pi Press, (2006). Cloth, fine in d/w, maps, pp. 405. ISBN 0 13 149996 3.

-- Serendipity Books

Book number: 87332

Keywords: empire history imperial nations imperialism cliodynamics

TURCHIN, PETER

War And Peace And War: The Life Cycle of Imperial Nations

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, U.S.A. Pi Press. 2005. (ISBN: 0131499963). Hb, 8vo. pp. 405, "Turchin argues that the key to the formation of an empire is a society’s capacity for collective action. He demonstrates that high levels of cooperation are found where people have to band together to fight off a common enemy, and that this kind of cooperation led to the formation of the Roman and Russian empires, and the United States. But as empires grow, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, conflict replaces cooperation, and dissolution inevitably follows. Eloquently argued and rich with historical examples, War and Peace and War offers a bold new theory about the course of world history.". Very Good/Very Good.

-- The Edmonton Book Store

Book number: 113315

Keywords: Cycle of War 0131499963

TURCHIN, PETER

War and Peace and War; The Life Cycles of Imperial Nations

New York, Pi Press. (ISBN: 0-13-149996-3) . [2003], 1st printing. (Hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 405pp. Maps, notes, acknowledgements. Index. Remainder mark.

-- Burton Lysecki Books (ABAC/ILAB)

Book number: 140604

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military, Imperialism, War 0131499963