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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

It’™s easy to get complacent about maps. In our everyday lives, they are the things that get us from place to place: from the office to a meeting; from our hotel to a recommended restaurant; from the train station to some summer wedding venue in the back of beyond’ฆ We forget they’™re not simply a guide to navigating the world; to some degree they define it. This isn’™t just an airy philosophical point – it’™s a harsh and complex political reality. Luckily, Tim Marshall’™s latest book – Prisoners of Geography – is here to explain how politics is nothing without geography, in his usually crisp and compelling style.Each of the book’™s ten chapters opens with a map that Marshall then uses as a jumping off point to explore political, economic and cultural issues from the past and present. What he really excels at is capturing the psychology of nations – not just their leaders – and giving maps, which we often see as passive participants in our lives, a vigour which politicians have to strive to tame.So, put down your newspaper! Turn off the TV! Fling your phone from the highest hill! Until you understand geopolitics, they’™re no use to you. And until you’™ve read Prisoners of Geography’ฆ Well, you get the idea.

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