How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
@inproceedings{Jareddiamon2006HowSC,
title={How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed},
author={D Jareddiamon and Jeffrey L. Ward and John Eliel and Joyce Mcdowell},
year={2006}
}Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed/Jared Diamond. p. cm. Includes index.
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