Guns, Germs and Steel
Jared Diamond
"Guns, Germs and Steel. I found out about it, I believe it was on either - it was one show with Tim Russert, either Meet the Press or another show. It's a fabulous look at history and about the development of civilization.
The most interesting facet about Guns, Germs and Steel are the questions that the - that Jared Diamond poses. Certainly in my opinion it's one of the more readable history texts. I think it's - it's still dense but it's very readable, and was such a wide-spanning book that, you know, it can be a little bit overwhelming. But I wouldn't really change anything about the text.
Certainly this would be a core book I would believe for any world civilizations class, so certainly at the college level I would imagine that most college students who are taking a civilizations course ought to consider this text. I think it's a book worth reading. I think it's arguably one of the best history books, if not the best history book, I've read."
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