Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
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Prisoners of Geography was a recommendation by a dear friend and even though it took me a while to finish, it is a pleasure to read. The author takes the reader through an overview of current and some past international conflicts by taking the geographical circumstances into account, explaining motifs, beliefs, and contradicting endeavours of different countries with an easily understandable language and humour peaking through. The book is structured into chapters, dealing with different conflicts or parts of the world. Some of these are discussed in greater depth than others, which is the main point of critique I would have: Some of the chapters seemed rather like a rough sketch, not really going into enough detail to warrant being there at all. I would have preferred to see them discussed in another volume but in the same thoroughness as some of the bigger players were. Tim Marshall manages to give the reader a solid overview of conflicts, that probably most have heard about but lack the knowledge to actually understand them. He seems to do that through red-white-and-blue tinted glasses at times, but it is still a very good, informational read that I was able to take a lot of new information from. I would describe this as being a decent point of starting to do more own research, it provides enough understanding to begin asking questions so to speak. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in basic political conflicts and geographical explanations, as it is well explained and also reiterates some better-known historical events, I would say there is no certain level of knowledge needed to enjoy this read.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Prisoners of Geography was a recommendation by a dear friend and even though it took me a while to finish, it is a pleasure to read. The author takes the reader through an overview of current and some past international conflicts by taking the geographical circumstances into account, explaining motifs, beliefs, and contradicting endeavours of different countries with an easily understandable language and humour peaking through. The book is structured into chapters, dealing with different conflicts or parts of the world. Some of these are discussed in greater depth than others, which is the main point of critique I would have: Some of the chapters seemed rather like a rough sketch, not really going into enough detail to warrant being there at all. I would have preferred to see them discussed in another volume but in the same thoroughness as some of the bigger players were. Tim Marshall manages to give the reader a solid overview of conflicts, that probably most have heard about but lack the knowledge to actually understand them. He seems to do that through red-white-and-blue tinted glasses at times, but it is still a very good, informational read that I was able to take a lot of new information from. I would describe this as being a decent point of starting to do more own research, it provides enough understanding to begin asking questions so to speak. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in basic political conflicts and geographical explanations, as it is well explained and also reiterates some better-known historical events, I would say there is no certain level of knowledge needed to enjoy this read.