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The Power of Geography Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World

The Power of Geography Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World

Pages
272
Published
2021
Language
English

Synopsis

If you want to understand what's happening in the world, look at a map. Tim Marshall's Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation's choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn't changed, but the world has. In this revelatory new book, Marshall takes us into ten regions that are set to shape global politics and power. Find out why the Earth's atmosphere is the world's next battleground; why the fight for the Pacific is just beginning; and why Europe's next refugee crisis is closer than it thinks. In ten chapters covering Australia, The Sahel, Greece, Turkey, the UK, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Space, delivered with Marshall's trademark wit and insight, this is a lucid and gripping exploration of the power of geography to shape humanity's past, present - and future.

About the author

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Tim Marshall

Timothy John Marshall (born 1 May 1959) is a British journalist, author and broadcaster specialising in foreign affairs and international diplomacy. He began in radio at LBC/IRN and reported for the BBC before spending more than two decades at Sky News, latterly as diplomatic editor, reporting from over thirty countries and covering conflicts including in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. He is the author of several bestselling geopolitics books, including "Prisoners of Geograp...