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Book Reviews of Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns Germs and Steel
Author: Jared Diamond
ISBN-13: 9780739467350
ISBN-10: 0739467352
Publication Date: 2005
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: W.W. Norton and Company
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Guns, Germs, and Steel on
Helpful Score: 1
Guns, Germs and Steel takes an interesting topic, analyze it sporadically, and then never reach a conclusion. The author finds evidence around the world and throws in a few anecdotes but never manages to tie the evidence together. That is left to the reader as if this were a textbook to guide a student to write a paper.

You can make the leap to the answer to the question of why "civilization" proceeded in some parts of the world but not others. You can go on to delve into the philosophical question of the misery civilization has caused. The author leaves that to the reader.

The book seems unfinished.
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This book is unabridged and extremely interesting.