Geopolitics and Evolution (Paperback)

Paperback. What forces truly shape the rise and decline of civilizations? In Geopolitical Evolution, Professor Angelo Bertolo presents a serious and provocative work of historical and geopolitical analysis. Moving beyond short-term political commentary, he examines the deeper patterns that influence how societies grow, create, dominate, weaken, and pass their legacy to others. Drawing from classical and European history, Asian civilizations, biblical peoples, archaeology, and the thought of Vico, Machiavelli, Ibn Khaldun, Darwin, and Hegel, Bertolo explores civilization as an evolving human force shaped by fertility, moral energy, religious belief, ideology, social class, and political power. At the center of the book is a challenging argument: the destiny of nations cannot be understood through economics, diplomacy, or military strength alone. Population growth, cultural confidence, moral conviction, and the vitality of belief also shape the movement of history. For readers interested in geopolitics, civilizational decline, demography, political philosophy, and the future of the West, Geopolitical Evolution offers a broad framework for understanding the modern world. This is not a book of headlines. It is an invitation to read history as a recurring pattern of growth, power, maturity, decline, and transformation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…