GUNS GERMS AND STEEL

Jerry Diamond, professor at UCLA college has a question about white supremacy. "Why do white men have so much cargo and New Guinea people have so little?". Diamond dwelled on this question and wrote a best selling book about it, Guns Germs and Steel. This book describes how geographical luck influences a country's success. This book also talks about why there is racial inequality around the world. Diamond hits the nail on the head with age old world questions.

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