Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (1) (Politics of Place)

In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers.

All leaders of nations are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas, and concrete. To understand world events, news organizations and other authorities often focus on people, ideas, and political movements, but without geography, we never have the full picture. Now, in the relevant and timely Prisoners of Geography, seasoned journalist Tim Marshall examines Russia, China, the USA, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Japan and Korea, and Greenland and the Arcticâ€”their weather, seas, mountains, rivers, deserts, and bordersâ€”to provide a context often missing from our political reportage: how the physical characteristics of these countries affect their strengths and vulnerabilities and the decisions made by their leaders.

In ten, up-to-date maps of each region, Marshall explains in clear and engaging prose the complex geo-political strategies of these key parts of the globe. What does it mean that Russia must have a navy, but also has frozen ports six months a year? How does this affect Putinâ€™s treatment of the Ukraine? How is Chinaâ€™s future constrained by its geography? Why will Europe never be united? Why will America never be invaded? Shining a light on the unavoidable physical realities that shape all of our aspirations and endeavors, Prisoners of Geography is the critical guide to one of the major (and most often overlooked) determining factors in world history.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 42556516
ReleaseDate 2015-10-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501121463

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	42556516
ReleaseDate	2015-10-27
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501121463

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (1) (Politics of Place)

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