Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century. by Parker, Geoffrey - 2017

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Abridged & revised ed.. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, maps & figures, top corners tip creased few pages (used as bookmark), light toning pages, spine little creased, minor edgewear. 643 pp. Geoffrey Parker provides insightful analysis of the link between the unprecedented natural disasters of the mid-17th century and prevailing weather patterns, showing the influence of environmental factors on global stability (which produced civil unrest and wars worldwide). It also is very relevant to climate change in the current world. The accessibly abridged edition of his bestselling extensively researched 2013 hardback book. The author is a renowned British historian, now Professor of European History at Ohio State University.