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Talking History's Fred Nielsen and author Jared Diamond delve into the interdependent relationship between a society's development and its environment. Jared Diamond is Professor of Geography and Physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an award winning author. His latest book, and the subject of our discussion is Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. And we will air the last in our eight part series adapted from the unpublished manuscript "Recollections of Field Hospital Service During the War of Secession" by T.V. Brown.
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First aired week of 11/7
Aired on VOA 11/6, 11/5
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In: 00:07 "Welcome to Talking History..."
Out: 27:41 "And that's it for another week of Talking History.."
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