Prisoners of Geography
by Tim Marshall · Tim Marshall
Ten maps-based chapters explaining how mountains, rivers, and coastlines constrain the foreign policy of Russia, China, the United States, and others. Readers gain a geographic lens for interpreting territorial disputes and great-power behaviour.
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