The Power of Geography
Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
Scribner · Print & ebook · November 1, 2022
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Prisoners of Geography, a fascinating, “refreshing, and very useful” (The Washington Post) follow-up that uses ten maps to explain the challenges to today’s world powers and how they presage a volatile future.
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- Who it’s for
- Ten regional maps connect geography to the shifting calculations of world powers.
- Genres
- Geopolitics, International Relations, Human Geography
- Published
- Scribner, November 1, 2022
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller Prisoners of Geography, a fascinating, “refreshing, and very useful” (The Washington Post) follow-up that uses ten maps to explain the challenges to today’s world powers and how they presage a volatile future. Tim Marshall’s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography offered us a “fresh way of looking at maps” (The New York Times Book Review), showing how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas, and walls.
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Since then, the geography hasn’t changed, but the world has. Now, in this “wonderfully entertaining and lucid account, written with wit, pace, and clarity” (Mirror, UK), Marshall takes us into ten regions set to shape global politics. Find out why US interest in the Middle East will wane; why Australia is now beginning an epic contest with China; how Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the UK are cleverly positioning themselves for greater power; why Ethiopia can control Egypt; and why Europe’s next refugee crisis looms closer than we think, as does a cutting-edge arms race to control space. Innovative, compelling, and delivered with Marshall’s trademark wit and insight, this is “an immersive blend of history, economics, and political analysis that puts geography at the center of human affairs” (Publishers Weekly).
Maps in Motion
Ten regional maps connect geography to the shifting calculations of world powers.
Come here for
- Maps that make geography legible in global politics
- A witty, clear blend of history, economics, and political analysis
Expect
- Accessible analysis with a brisk, lucid voice
- A wide-angle look at regions shaping global politics
Where it sits
| Geopolitics | 98% |
|---|---|
| International Relations | 34% |
| Human Geography | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Geography
- Geopolitics
- Human Geography
- Authors
- Tim Marshall
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Published
- November 1, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Historical Geography