Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics – Tim Marshall

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

Author: Tim Marshall

Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited

Year of Publication: 2016 (Reprint Ed.)

Print Length: 306 pages

Genre: Non-Fiction / Geography, Political Science, Social Science, Popular Science

Area: Russia, China, The United States of America (USA), Western Europe, Africa, The Middle East, India, Pakistan, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, South/Latin America, The Arctic

Topic: Geopolitics, Politics & Power, Nation-Building & Nationhood, Nationalism, Sovereignty, Security

Geography shapes not only our history, but where we’re headed…

All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to follow world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements – but if you don’t know geography, you’ll never have the full picture.

If you’ve ever wondered why Putin is so obsessed with Crimea, why the USA was destined to become a global superpower, or why China’s power base continues to expand ever outwards, the answers are all here.

In ten chapters and ten maps, Prisoners of Geography looks at the past, present and future to offer an essential insight into one of the major factors that determines world history.

It’s time to put the ‘geo’ back into geopolitics.

Foreword by Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE

Introduction

1. Russia

2. China

3. USA

4. Western Europe

5. Africa 

6. The Middle East

7. India and Pakistan

8. Korea and Japan

9. Latin America

10. The Arctic

Conclusion

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Index

Introduction to The Power of Geography

Tim Marshall is a leading authority on foreign affairs with more than thirty years of reporting experience. He was diplomatic editor at Sky News and before that worked for the BBC and LBC/IRN radio. He has reported from forty countries and covered conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. He is the author of Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World; The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our World; and A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols. He is founder and editor of the current affairs site TheWhatandtheWhy.com.

Source: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Tim-Marshall/523742523

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