Sarat wrote a review on Collapse How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed
Lessons from history. The author explains thought provoking lessons from human history in a very easy to understand manner.
Not very different from Guns, Germs and Steel. The book tends to get pedantic at time.
I'm a fan, and not just because of the name. :) I started reading Mr. Diamond in Discover magazine, read and loved "Guns, Germs, and Steel", and am about to start reading "Collapse" (which I expect to find every bit as good as GG&S).