Doom (book)

Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
Author	Niall Ferguson
Language	English
Subject	Catastrophes
Publisher	Penguin Press
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Pages	496
ISBN	978-0-593-29737-7

Last updated June 26, 2025

Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe is a 2021 book by Niall Ferguson that offers a global history of disaster and examines how leaders respond to catastrophes.

Reviews

Damon Linker of the New York Times argues that the book is "often insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant" and suggests that Ferguson displays "an impressive command of the latest research in a large number of specialized fields, among them medical history, epidemiology, probability theory, cliodynamics and network theory".^[1] However Linker also criticises the book's "perplexing lacunae".^[1] In a review for The Times, David Aaronovitch described Ferguson's theory as "nebulous".^[2]

References

1 2 Linker, Damon (May 4, 2021). "Niall Ferguson Examines Disasters of the Past and Disasters Still to Come". The New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
↑ Aaronovitch, David (April 23, 2021). "Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson review — the history of disaster, as told by a superspreader". The Times. Retrieved April 24, 2021.

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[linker1-1] 1 2 Linker, Damon (May 4, 2021). "Niall Ferguson Examines Disasters of the Past and Disasters Still to Come". The New York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2021.

[aaronovitch-2] Aaronovitch, David (April 23, 2021). "Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson review — the history of disaster, as told by a superspreader". The Times. Retrieved April 24, 2021.

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