First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Elliott and Thompson Limited.
Innovative, compelling, and delivered with Marshall’s trademark wit and insight, this is “an immersive blend of history, economics, and political analysis that puts geography at the center of human affairs” (Publishers Weekly).
First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Elliott and Thompson Limited.
Praise for Prisoners of Geography: "A fresh way of looking at maps . . . as guideposts to the often thorny relations between nations" - New York Times "One of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine" - Nicholas Lezard, Evening ...
"Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography offered us a (Bfresh way of looking at maps (3y (B, showing how every nation's choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas, and walls.
Shares insights into the symbolism and power of flags representing the beliefs of nations and non-state organizations, revealing how flags and the politics they represent unite and divide world populations.
In ten chapters (covering Russia; China; the USA; Latin America; the Middle East; Africa; India and Pakistan; Europe; Japan and Korea; and the Arctic), using maps, essays and occasionally the personal experiences of the widely travelled ...
Prisoners of Geography analyses the geographic weaknesses and historical invasions of Russia's territories, exploring how they have ultimately shaped the decisions of its leaders past and present. All leaders are constrained by geography.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts, offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead ...
If this trinity of definitions of strategy strikes some readers as pedantic and academic in its pejorative sense, then so be it. Meaningful debate requires that we know what it is that we are talking about, and that mandates definition.
"This work was first published by Oxford University Press in 2005 as Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America."