![]() ![]() ![]() I never did realize the importance of navigable and intersecting rivers or natural harbors that impact the destinies of countries. It does a good job in identifying the factors that drive the national interest and conflict in these areas and the impact of the countries dealing with the limitations/opportunities that their geography has bestowed them with. This book is not a comprehensive treatise on the evolution of those problems but a great overview. The maps were pretty awful to research on my kindle paperwhite and I had to resort to getting the paperback to navigate the maps better.Ī lot of the worlds problems today remain as gridlocked as they were at the origin despite decades of evolution and political talks ( think border and territory conflicts across the globe – Israel/Palestine, South China sea, South America and the list goes on). I picked this up on a whim as the description seemed to indicate an enjoyable refresher on the state of the world as it came to be in terms of geopolitics. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall is an enjoyable read that traces the worlds geography and its impact on today’s geopolitics. ![]()
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