authors:
- Morris, Ian
content: 'I have written a comment in Swedish about this book: https://kraulis.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/ian-morris-monstren-i-historiens-utveckling/


  Conclusion: A good overview of global history, but its main thesis about the general
  direction of history is not useful; it does not provide any useful predictions,
  at any rate.'
date: '2015-04-23'
edition:
  published: '2011'
  publisher: Picador
goodreads: '11098535'
html: '<p>I have written a comment in Swedish about this book: https://kraulis.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/ian-morris-monstren-i-historiens-utveckling/</p>

  <p>Conclusion: A good overview of global history, but its main thesis about the
  general direction of history is not useful; it does not provide any useful predictions,
  at any rate.</p>

  '
isbn: '9780312611699'
language: en
lastmod: '2015-04-23'
path: /library/morris-2010.html
published: '2010'
rating: 4
reference: Morris 2010
reviewed: '2015-04-23'
subjects:
- history
- political-philosophy
- science
title: 'Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal
  About the Future'
type: book
year: 2010