具体描述
In his earlier bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in the final book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis through selective change — a coping mechanism more commonly associated with personal trauma.
In a dazzling comparative study, Diamond shows us how seven countries have survived defining upheavals in the recent past — from US Commodore Perry’s arrival in Japan to the Soviet invasion of Finland to Pinochet’s regime in Chile — through a process of painful self-appraisal and adaptation, and he identifies patterns in the way that these distinct nations recovered from calamity. Looking ahead to the future, he investigates whether the United States, and the world, are squandering their natural advantages, on a path towards political conflict and decline. Or can we still learn from the lessons of the past?
Adding a psychological dimension to the awe-inspiring grasp of history, geography, economics, and anthropology that marks all Diamond’s work, Upheaval reveals how both nations and individuals can become more resilient. The result is a book that is epic, urgent, and groundbreaking.
作者简介
Jared Diamond, a noted polymath, is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among his many awards are the U.S. National Medal of Science, Japan’s Cosmos Prize, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of the international best-selling books Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, Why Is Sex Fun?, The World until Yesterday, and The Third Chimpanzee, and is the presenter of TV documentary series based on three of those books.
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读后感
The book resonates with me so much. The author had gone through a personal crisis arising from the dilemma between discontinueing his field of studies and becoming a simultaneous translator. I used to have similar personal crisis like the author did. I also...
评分The book resonates with me so much. The author had gone through a personal crisis arising from the dilemma between discontinueing his field of studies and becoming a simultaneous translator. I used to have similar personal crisis like the author did. I also...
评分The book resonates with me so much. The author had gone through a personal crisis arising from the dilemma between discontinueing his field of studies and becoming a simultaneous translator. I used to have similar personal crisis like the author did. I also...
评分The book resonates with me so much. The author had gone through a personal crisis arising from the dilemma between discontinueing his field of studies and becoming a simultaneous translator. I used to have similar personal crisis like the author did. I also...
评分The book resonates with me so much. The author had gone through a personal crisis arising from the dilemma between discontinueing his field of studies and becoming a simultaneous translator. I used to have similar personal crisis like the author did. I also...
用户评价
Diamond写这本书的时候82岁了——他在书里自己说的，他不说我还不知道，总以为他才六十来岁，然后自己吓了一跳，原来看Germs，guns and steel已经是十年前的事了。很显然，82岁的Diamond写这本书的时候，想着的是“要给地球留下点什么”。这本书讲不同国家应对危机的方式，举了七个不同程度上成功应对危机的例子，而最后两章关于现代的日本和美国，则是结局还未见分晓。最后一部分，则从国家扩展到整个人类所面对的危机。我的感想：1）一直觉得Diamond太啰嗦，这本书居然并不让我厌烦，大概每个国家的故事都讲得清楚，有新的知识点；2）具体故事比作者隆重推出的应对危机12点要好看，12点不是不好，但没有什么让人醍醐灌顶的新意。3）既然不觉得这本书啰嗦，我决定把之前没看完的上一本再翻出来。
评分颇有几段不太能读到的国家（如印尼、澳大利亚、智利）的历史动荡，非常清晰。
评分Very insightful book. Jared老爷子的书真的是没话说，希望每个对现代史感兴趣的人都读一读。前半部分扫盲，后半部分从新的角度分析国际问题，其中美中比较很有意思，关于展望世界的部分有些cliche，but still a great book in general！ 另外，虽然老爷子在后记中提到自己数据和样本的稀缺性，但整本书很多问题的解释都是“according my friend”，难免让人觉得难以信服（但人家毕竟是Jared Diamond，他的朋友的可信度肯定是很大的…）唉，我要是在这个年龄也能看过世界变迁，往来无白丁，也算不枉走一遭了～
评分Interesting angles and analogies in reviewing the 7 selected countries, although no dedicated chapter to China (as it’s not one of the seven) it’s inevitably everywhere... Pleased and relieved with his unbiased attitude condemning Japan’s irresponsibility of denying its crimes in WWII. BTW another book using The Great Wave off Kanagawa???? as cover.
评分没啥新鲜的。几个案例也不能总结出什么来。
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