Hi Jack. Here R some of the books that've helped me develop a better understanding of the factors that brought us to where we R now and where we're likely to go in the coming years, in light of prior civilizations, nations, and groups that have been faced with rapid decline:
The Collapse of Complex Societies, by Joseph A. Tainter. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1988.
From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the present, 500 years of Western Cultural Life. Jacques Barzun. Harper Collins, 2000.
Conquest and Cultures. An International History, by Thomas Sowell. Basic Books, 2007
The Fall of the Roman Empire, by Peter Heather. Oxford Univ Press, 2006.
The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History. David Hackett Fischer. Oxford Univ. Press, 1996.
The Power of Gold. The History of an Obsession, by Peter L. Bernstein. John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
The Early Church, by Henry Chadwick. 1967. revised ed. pub by Penguin, 1993.
A History of the Middle Ages, by Joseph Dahmus. 1968. 1995 ed. pub by Barnes & Noble. The entire book is a good read. But, the first 1/3 does an excellent job of covering important economic and social changes that developed during the Decline and Fall of the Rome Empire I've not seen elsewhere.
Who's Who in the Middle Ages. John Fines, 1970. 1995 ed. pub by Barnes & Noble.
The Hundred Years War. The English in France, 1337-1453. Desmond Seward. 1978.
A History of Venice. John Julius Norwich, 1982. Vintage Books ed. pub 1989.
The Decline & Fall of the Ottoman Empire, by Alan Palmer. 1992. Barnes & Noble ed. pub in 1994.
The Assassins. The Story Of Medieval Islam's Secret Sect, by W.B. Bartlett. Sutton Publishing, 2001.
Warlords: Ancient, Celtic & Medieval, by Tim Newark. Arms & Armour Press, 1996
The Mongol Warlords, by David Nicolle. 1990. 1998 ed. pub by Brockhampton Press.
Currently reading: Modern Times. The World From The Twenties To The Nineties. Paul Johnson. 1983. 1992 ed. pub by Perennial Classics.
There R a lot of other books, I've read, that bear upon the big picture. I've left out the art historical and philosophical books because the above list is already too long. And, of course, there R also political works that I've not included because political partisanship is banned on NRS.
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