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Title: For the interested layman to enjoy
Review: I do not have a degree in history but have always been interested in discovering the past. Many "scholarly" books speak at a level that makes reading them more a chore than pleasure. Guns, Germs, and Steel sets a standard for intelligent, well composed historical prose that hits all the high points. I never felt left behind by the author and was intrigued by the expanding case for environment as the driving cause of conquest and the make up of our modern world.A joy to read, it is enlightening and well laid out. The only caveat would be Diamond's tendency to restate his case and prove already acceptable theories. The entire work is logical and I can't find an argument to dispute his conclusions.
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