{"product_id":"prisoners-of-geography-ten-maps-that-explain-everything-about-the-world-9781501121463","title":"Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything about the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the bestselling tradition of \u003ci\u003eWhy Nations Fail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Revenge of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll leaders of nations are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas, and concrete. 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. Now, in the relevant and timely \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. 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, \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e is the critical guide to one of the major (and most often overlooked) determining factors in world history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Marshall is a leading authority on foreign affairs with more than thirty years of reporting experience. He was diplomatic editor at Sky News and before that worked for the BBC and LBC\/IRN radio. He has reported from forty countries and covered conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Walls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Flag Worth Dying For\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617192317202,"sku":"9781501121463","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_62685b3c-b8d2-4bd4-a014-eecb9ef0f9b7.jpg?v=1732512877","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/prisoners-of-geography-ten-maps-that-explain-everything-about-the-world-9781501121463","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}