“This is the book on societal collapse that I had always hoped someone would write. It was worth the wait!”──沃特.席代爾(Walter Scheidel),《平等的暴政》作者
“A profound and mind-expanding book that challenges the existing narratives of societal collapse. Through a long-term lens, Kemp asks us to reconsider histories we thought we knew, a present we take for granted, and future perils we have yet to meet. This is a chillingly enlightening read, which will reorient your understanding of the world and how it came to be.”──理查.費雪(Richard Fisher),《深時遠見》作者
"An invigorating look at big picture history across continents and millennia, and a survival manual to boot." —《科克斯書評》星級評價
“[A] brilliant and unnerving debut. . . . Pointing to modern elites’ failure to address climate change, Kemp offers a Cassandra-like warning about the path today’s oligarchs have set. It adds up to a sweeping and dire vision of a world on the brink.” —《出版人週刊》星級評價