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Title: Unconvincing politically correct effort. Left wing agenda driven
Review: Ignores human, cultural & religious variables. Overemphasizes geographic variable. Diamond starts by stating that he has developed a new theory that is different from the geographic theory and then basically re-states the geographic theory. Nothing new in this book. Also, Diamond goes out of its way never to mention Hebrews or Israel as a part of the fertile crescent. For example, on page 135, he depicts such artificial countries as Jordan, Syria & Iraq but does not depict Israel/Judea - the heart of the Fertile Crescent.Also, this book is about 300 pages too long, repetitive & poorly written.A Global Brain or a Lucipher Principle are much more interesting and better theories written by Howard Bloom
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