Summary
Tim Marshall: Prisoners of Geography
Multiple award-winning journalist, analyst and political reporter. Ten maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics. In one of the best books on geopolitics, journalist Tim Marshall explores Russia, China, the United States, Western Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India and Pakistan, Korea and Japan, Latin America, the Arctic - climate, seas, mountains, rivers, deserts and borders - to provide us with the context we often lack to understand what is happening in the world. It explains how the natural characteristics of these countries affect their strengths and weaknesses and the decisions made by their leaders. Marshall provides an overview of the complex geopolitical strategies shaping the world. Why is Putin so obsessed with Crimea? Why was the USA destined to become a world superpower? Why does China's influence continue to expand? Why will Europe never unite? Geography offers the answers. "In a world that is increasingly complex, chaotic and connected, Prisoners of Geography is a concise and useful introduction to geopolitics" (Newsweek) and a critical look at one of the determining factors in world affairs.
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