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Guns germs and steel cover. Guns germs and steel the fates of human societies jared diamond w. 518 people found this helpful. His research is interesting enough to be almost worth a read in its own right but again the meandering style makes even the most interesting bits yawn worthy. But if you have any interest in understanding how the world came to be as it is you ll find this book highly rewarding.

Winner of the pulitzer prize the phi beta kappa award in science the rhone poulenc prize and the commonwealth club of california s gold medal. A major advance in our understanding of human societies guns germs and steel chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history. Guns germs and steel is crammed with facts and densely written. All he has is a theory that guns germs and steel partically explain human conquests and borders.

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Those differences in historical development eventually led to the guns germs and steel that made eurasian dominance possible and dictated the huge differences in economic development between what today we call east and west.