Written in a clear and engaging style, ’Prisoners of geography’ is easy to read as Tim Marshall writes in an engaging style and makes the difficult simple, and I felt a bit better informed about modern geopolitics after I read this - definitely a useful introduction to the topic.
(Though it did remind me of how much I loved maps as a child.) One of my favourite maps was of the Arctic, already becoming busy with various powers making their claims.
There are ten maps in all, also looking at China (particularly interesting, exploring it’s interest in mineral rich countries in Africa), South America, India and Pakistan, the Middle East - I did a lot of flicking back and forth looking at the maps, so I’m not sure if this book would work as well on Kindle. Mountains, seas and oceans, deserts and flatlands, have not only defined how countries were formed and how they acted in the past, but how current geopolitics are still explained by them.
If you are watching the news at present and wondering why Russia is assigning troops along it’s border with Ukraine, Tim Marshall explains how important it is to Russia in terms of it's ambitions - Ukraine has a warm water port, something the whole of Russia doesn’t have, and it has access to the Black Sea. In this New York Times bestseller, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to. ‘Prisoners of geography’ is a fascinating work, and one of the best geopolitics books I’ve read. Prisoners of Geography Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World Book 1 of Politics of Place By Tim Marshall Trade Paperback LIST PRICE 18.99 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Get a FREE ebook by joining our mailing list today Plus, receive recommendations and exclusive offers on all of your favorite books and authors from Simon & Schuster. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Tell You Everything You Need to Know about Global Politics Tim Marshall Elliot and Thompson Limited, 2015 - Geopolitics - 256 pages 28 Reviews Reviews arent.
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