Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and ChangeIn his landmark international bestsellers 'Guns, Germs and Steel' and 'Collapse', Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilisations rise and fall. Now, at a time when crises are erupting around the world, he reveals what makes certain nations resilient in the face of tremendous upheaval. In a riveting journey into the recent past, he traces how six countries have survived defining catastrophes from the forced opening of Japan to

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