When Civilizations Fall: What the Collapses of the Past Can Teach Us Today

When Civilizations Fall examines the collapse of past civilizations and discusses what those past collapses have to do with us today. Our world suffers from increased frequency of environmental disasters, the use of limited resources, and the potential return of major power warfare. Coupled with failures of democratic republics and a slide to authoritarianism, it would seem that collapses are in the making all around us. What can we learn from the numerous civilization collapses of the past that could help us recognize todays patterns so we can rise to meet this moment in history? Hopefully, this book, part of the Civic Sense series, can help us answer that question.