If you won the lottery, and were looking to buy a country to live in, the first one the estate agent would show you would be the United States of America.įrom a geopolitical perspective, America has it all, argues Marshall, and it’s no coincidence the country has emerged as the number one superpower. Marshall explains how mountains, rivers, ports and climate play major roles in shaping economic prosperity and political power in this accessible and surprisingly enjoyable introduction to the dry sounding topic of geopolitics. The very first page dives into the Russia-Ukraine relationship which the author predicted would end in conflict (the book was first published in 2015 and updated in 2019). After lying around my house for several years, I finally decided to read perennial bestseller Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall, and what a serendipitous time to pick it up.
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