Prisoners of Geography
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"Quite simply, one of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine: reading it is like having a light shone on your understanding... Marshall is clear-headed, lucid and possessed of an almost uncanny ability to make the broad picture accessible and coherent ... the book is, in a way which astonished me, given the complexities of the subject, unputdownable... I can't think of another book that explains the world situation so well" - Nicholas Lezard, Evening Standard
"A fresh way of looking at maps... as guideposts to the often thorny relations between nations" - New York Times
Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2019 / Shortlisted for Children's Travel Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020; How did the USA become a superpower?; Why do people go to war?; And why are some countries rich while others are so poor?; Find the answers to these questions and many more in this eye-opening book, which uses maps to explain how geography has shaped the history of our world. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Elliott & Thompson Limited
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781783964130
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 31 x 25 cm
- Priser
- Waterstones Book of the Year 2019
Anmeldelser
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PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY:
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"Quite simply, one of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine: reading it is like having a light shone on your understanding... Marshall is clear-headed, lucid and possessed of an almost uncanny ability to make the broad picture accessible and coherent ... the book is, in a way which astonished me, given the complexities of the subject, unputdownable... I can't think of another book that explains the world situation so well" - Nicholas Lezard, Evening Standard
"A fresh way of looking at maps... as guideposts to the often thorny relations between nations" - New York Times