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. 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 this revelatory new book, Marshall takes us into ten regions that are set to shape global politics and power. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed, but the world has. Tim Marshall’s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. If you want to understand what’s happening in the world, look at a map. ‘Quite simply, one of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine: reading it is like having a light shone on your understanding’ – Nicholas Lezard, Evening Standard, on Prisoners of Geography 5/10 Tim Marshall’s third book, The Power of Geography, is just as relevant for Economists as books about Adam Smith are. In this gripping book, bestselling author Tim Marshall lays bare the new geopolitical realities to show how we got here and where were going, covering the new space race great-power rivalry technology economics war and what it means for all of us down here on Earth.
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