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100 1  Marshall, Tim,|d1959-|eauthor 
245 10 Prisoners of geography :|bten maps that tell you 
       everything you need to know about global politics /|cTim 
       Marshall ; foreword by Sir John Scarlett 
246 10 Ten maps that tell you everything you need to know about 
       global politics 
264  1 London :|bElliot and Thompson Limited|c2015 
264  4 |c©2015 
300    xv, 256 pages :|bmaps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and 
       index 
520 8  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 travelled 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 
650  0 Geopolitics 
650  0 World politics 
650  7 Geopolitik|2sao 
650  7 Internationell politik|2sao 
740 0  10 maps that tell you everything you need to know about 
       global politics 
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