Why The West Rules For Now
In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world changed forever. Factories, railways, and gunboats then propelled the West's rise to power, and computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Today, however, many worries that the emergence of China and India spell the end of the West as a superpower. How long will the power of the West last? In order to find out, we need to know: why has the West been so dominant for the past two hundred years? With flair and authority, historian and archaeologist Ian Morris draws uniquely on 15,000 years of history to offer fresh insights on what the future will bring. Deeply researched and brilliantly argued, Why The West Rules — For Now, is a gripping and truly original history of the world.
My Review
Any book that contains a grand unifying field theory about the human race, history and social development, whilst mentioning Isaac Asimov's Psychohistory gets 5 stars no matter what.