{"product_id":"prisoners-of-geography","title":"Prisoners Of geography","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the bestselling tradition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy Nations Fail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Revenge of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll leaders of nations are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas, and concrete. To understand world events, news organizations and other authorities often focus on people, ideas, and political movements, but without geography, we never have the full picture. Now, in the relevant and timely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrisoners of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, seasoned journalist Tim Marshall examines Russia, China, the USA, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Japan and Korea, and Greenland and the Arctic—their weather, seas, mountains, rivers, deserts, and borders—to provide a context often missing from our political reportage: how the physical characteristics of these countries affect their strengths and vulnerabilities and the decisions made by their leaders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn ten, up-to-date maps of each region, Marshall explains in clear and engaging prose the complex geo-political strategies of these key parts of the globe. What does it mean that Russia must have a navy, but also has frozen ports six months a year? How does this affect Putin’s treatment of Ukraine? How is China’s future constrained by its geography? Why will Europe never be united? Why will America never be invaded? Shining a light on the unavoidable physical realities that shape all of our aspirations and endeavors, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrisoners of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the critical guide to one of the major (and most often overlooked) determining factors in world history.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"English Book House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52754474959211,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/7971\/6459\/files\/prisoners-of-geography-1400x2100.jpg_1.webp?v=1768819244","url":"https:\/\/www.thereadingtime.com\/products\/prisoners-of-geography","provider":"THE READING TIME","version":"1.0","type":"link"}