03668cam a2200565 i 4500 19015839 OSt 20260623183959.0 160315s2015 nyub b 001 0 eng d 2016304552 9781501121463 (hardcover) 1501121464 (hardcover) 9781501121487 (eBook) 1501121480 (eBook) 19015839 (OCoLC)905685945 YDXCP eng YDXCP rda BDX BTCTA PX0 UOK ON8 CDX OCLCF IBS CHVBK EDK DLC lccopycat JC319 .M2744 2015 320.12 MAR 23 0 Marshall, Tim, 1959- author. Prisoners of geography : ten maps that explain everything about the world / Tim Marshall. Ten maps that explain everything about the world 10 maps that explain everything about the world First Scribner Hardcover Edition. New York, New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2015. ©2015. 291 pages : maps ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Elliott and Thompson Limited. Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index. Introduction -- Russia -- China -- United States -- Western Europe -- Africa -- Middle East -- India and Pakistan -- Korea and Japan -- Latin America -- Arctic -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index. All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to understand world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the full picture. To understand Putin's actions, for example, it is essential to consider that, to be a world power, Russia must have a navy. And if its ports freeze for six months each year then it must have access to a warm water port - hence, the annexation of Crimea was the only option for Putin. To understand the Middle East, it is crucial to know that geography is the reason why countries have logically been shaped as they are - and this is why invented countries (e.g. Syria, Iraq, Libya) will not survive as nation states. Spread over ten chapters (covering Russia; China; the USA; Latin America; the Middle East; Africa; India and Pakistan; Europe; Japan and Korea; and Greenland and the Arctic), using maps, essays and occasionally the personal experiences of the widely traveled author, Prisoners of Geography looks at the past, present and future to offer an essential guide to one of the major determining factors in world history. Geopolitics. World politics. Geopolitics. fast (OCoLC)fst00941045 World politics. fast (OCoLC)fst01181381 Geopolitik. gnd (DE-588)4156741-9 Karte. gnd (DE-588)4029783-4 Contributor biographical information https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2016304552-b.html Publisher description https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2016304552-d.html Sample text https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2016304552-s.html CamTech Library. 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 2628 2628 0 0 ddc 0 0 CamTech CamTech GEC 2026-06-23 0 320.12 MAR 0000003207 2026-06-23 18:38:59 C.1 2026-06-23 BK