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Why Societies Recover– or Don’t– from Crises

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In his previous best-sellers “Guns, Germs, and Steel” and “Collapse,” Jared Diamond has explained how civilizations rise and fall. The Pulitzer Prize-winner joins host Krys Boyd to talk about his latest effort on the topic, which looks specifically at why some countries recover from trauma while others don’t. It’s called “Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis” (Little, Brown and Company).