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War And Peace And War : The Rise And Fall of Empires, Paperback by Turchin, P.... War And Peace And War : The Rise And Fall of Empires, Paperback by Turchin, Peter, ISBN 0452288193, ISBN-13 9780452288195, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a common enemy, and describing how the growth of empires leads to a growing dichotomy between rich and poor, increasing conflict instead of cooperation, and inevitable dissolution. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. War And Peace And War : The Rise And Fall of Empires, Paperback by Turchin, Peter, ISBN 0452288193, ISBN-13 9780452288195, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a common enemy, and describing how the growth of empires leads to a growing dichotomy between rich and poor, increasing conflict instead of cooperation, and inevitable dissolution. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.