ten maps that explain everything about the world

What does it mean that Russia must have a navy, but also has frozen ports six months a year? How does this affect Putin’s treatment of the Ukraine? How is China’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. 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. : Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World (1) (Politics of Place) (9781501121463) by Marshall, Tim and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. 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 Arctic-their weather, seas, mountains, rivers, deserts, and borders-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.

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.

Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas, and concrete. Author Tim Marshall divides our planet into ten large areas whose external boundaries and internal divisions shape the behavior of those who live within them, in particular, that of leaders and governments.

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.Īll leaders of nations are constrained by geography. I like the perspective this book offers, namely viewing world affairs as driven by and constrained by national and regional geography.

Ten maps that explain everything about the world