'A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises - which might hopefully help
humanity as a whole deal with our present global crisis' YUVAL NOAH HARARI author of SAPIENS
** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** Author of the landmark international bestsellers Guns Germs and
Steel and Collapse Jared Diamond has transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations
rise and fall. Now at a time when crises are erupting around the world he explores what makes
certain nations resilient and reveals the factors that influence how nations and individuals
can respond to enormous challenges. In a riveting journey into the recent past he traces how
six distinctive modern nations - Finland Chile Indonesia Japan Germany and Australia - have
survived defining catastrophes and identifies patterns in their recovery. Looking ahead he
investigates the risk that the United States and other countries faced by grave threat are
set on a course towards catastrophe. Adding a rich psychological dimension to the in-depth
history geography biology and anthropology that underpin all of Diamond's writing Upheaval
is epic in scope but also his most personal book yet. 'Fascinating ... I finished the book
even more optimistic about our ability to solve problems than I started' BILL GATES'Jared
Diamond does it again: another rich original and fascinating chapter in the human saga - with
vital lessons for our difficult times' STEVEN PINKER
