After I read this book about five years ago I found it one of the most insightful treatises on human histories. I still do. With the advent of the PBS series on this seminal work a controversy has ensued. Let the discussion commence!
Inside Higher Ed :: 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' Reconsidered:
"Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies has had the kind of impact that most scholarly authors can only dream about for their works. First published by W.W. Norton in 1997, the book won a Pulitzer Prize the next year for its author, Jared Diamond, a professor of geography at the University of California at Los Angeles."
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