Guns, Germs, and Steel Book Review

This is a curious book indeed, written by Jared Diamond, this book looks into the history of the world. It tests the balance of all civilizations, pushing deeply into what causes the scale of chaos to tip. The author Jared dug his way through history and discovered a pattern which reoccurred over and over again. He pointed out this theory several times, each time connecting the fall of a civilization no matter how big or how small. He made many other connections with none civilized lands as well, pointing out the pattern in extinctions of wild life like the Dodo bird that was wiped out by domestic dogs and over hunting. He brilliantly explains everything throughout the book making sure to clarify things as not to confuse his audience. He does his best to avoid being biased about just one side of the story, but does not shy away form any details that are important for the book. There may be hints of bias argument within the book making Europeans to look like a villain but he tries his best to avoid this in the many pages of the book.
This book brings more light to societies like sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas (before they were discovered by the Europeans), Islands of Southeast Asia, Australia, New Guinea, and the Pacific Islands. Most history only becomes known to us through brief writings dating back to 3000 b.c. He continues to go through and explain the significance of his thesis which is very well put in his title. He points out the difference in advancement between societies that would clash, like the Spanish and the Mayan’s or the Aztec’s who were also conquered. The Spanish had guns and explosives, while the Mayan’s had only spears and arrows. The Spanish were too technologically advanced and quickly overwrought the Mayan’s. But slaughter of innocent lives through the purposefully harmful use of guns, wasn’t the only way that these kinds of societies were wiped out.
When the British and the Spanish came over to America, they not only brought over their keepsakes and lives, they brought over diseases which quickly killed thousands of local natives. The Spanish and British lived so close to animals that their bodies carried many kinds of sicknesses like influenza, measles, mumps, smallpox, and more. The Native Americans were so used to living in healthy expanse environments that when the Spanish and British came their virgin immune systems failed and thousands paid the price. This part of their immigration here is mostly unintentional because they didn’t realized what they were doing until it was too late for many. Those who survived became more cautious of the settlers thus expanding to more conflict.
This book gives great detail and cautionary to it’s audience, being cautious on any thing that mat be labeled as biased or unfair. The author Jarred Diamond digs down into the facts of the world, fighting long existing theories with his own. He searches for the truth behind every story, every settlement recorded that occurred in history. He strives to prove the pattern of history, the scale which with the smallest breath tips at fates hand.