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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Both personal and national crises need selective changes, plus carefully assessing 12 factors to uncover best solutions.
Chapter 3: Finland’s crisis started with Russia and grew complicated during WWII.
Chapter 4: Finland’s national crisis demanded selective changes in foreign relations with Russia.
Chapter 5: A modernizing world sparked crisis in Japan and ushered in the beginning of the Meiji era.
Chapter 6: Meiji-era Japan displayed a remarkable capacity to preserve its identity while adapting to an evolving world.
Chapter 7: Chile’s crisis produced polarized politics and an ultimately violent coup.
Chapter 8: Chile’s response to its crisis illustrates the paradox of an improving economy under oppressive rule.
Chapter 9: Indonesia’s crisis gave rise to national identity for a varied and diverse population.
Chapter 10: Postwar Germany shows the benefits of rejecting authoritarian control and fully embracing the support from abroad.
Chapter 11: Australia’s gradually unfolding post-war crisis gave rise to a newer, more diverse national identity.
Chapter 12: The US enjoys many advantages, yet harbors traits that also seriously threaten its democracy today.
Chapter 13: The world confronts a wide range of threats that demand a unified response.
Description
Upheaval (2019) takes us through some of modern history’s biggest national crises to find out how each nation ended up in such trouble, and how they managed to get out of it. Looking at seven different nations, author Jared Diamond reveals how some of the same problems and solutions have emerged time and again, whether we’re looking at Chile and Indonesia in the 1970s, or Australia and Germany after WWII.
Who Should Listen
- History buffs
- Students of political science
- Globally minded individuals interested in world affairs