1000 Events That Shaped the World

User Review: - False Advertising
I pre-ordered this book and received it today under the understanding that Jared Diamond wrote it. Turns out he wrote the (very brief) two-page "introduction", and that appears to be it. I have not had a chance to read much of the book itself yet, but the parts I've scanned look to be okay, but nothing special. Don't buy this book expecting it be another "Third Chimpanzee" or "Why Sex is Fun". Writing the foreward is not the same as being a coauthor.