02586cam a2200325 i 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260200018000670400013000850820021000981000022001192450073001412600029002143000091002435201568003346500019019026500018019216500036019396500028019756500031020036500021020346500020020556500025020756500030021006500021021306500047021516500023021986500019022216500020022402059839020200620115755.0180724s2019    nyuafb   b    001 0 eng c  a9780241003435  cPK-LaUMT  a303.48409bDIA-U1 aDiamond, Jared M.10aUpheaval :bturning points for nations in crisis /cby Jared Diamond  aUSA :bAllen Lane,c2019  aix, 500 p., 32 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations (some color), maps ;c25 cm  a"With his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of why civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how some nations successfully recover from crises while adopting selective changes--a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals--ranging from the forced opening of Japan by U.S. Commodore Perry's fleet, to the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, to a murderous coup or countercoup in Chile and Indonesia, to the transformations of Germany and Austria after World War Two. Because Diamond has lived and spoken the language in five of these six countries, he can present gut-wrenching histories experienced firsthand. These nations coped, to varying degrees, through mechanisms such as acknowledgment of responsibility, painfully honest self-appraisal, and learning from models of other nations. Looking to the future, Diamond examines whether the United States, Japan, and the whole world are successfully coping with the grave crises they currently face. Can we learn from lessons of the past? Adding a psychological dimension to the in-depth history, geography, biology, and anthropology that mark all of Diamond's books, Upheaval reveals factors influencing how both whole nations and individual people can respond to big challenges. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal book yet."--Publisher's description. 0aSocial history 0aSocial change 0aCrisis management in government 0aAdjustment (Psychology) 4aHistory - General History. 4aWorld - General. 4aSocial History. 4aViolence in Society. 7aHISTORY / Social History. 7aHISTORY / World. 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes. 7aCrisis management. 7aSocial change. 7aSocial history.