{"product_id":"prisoners-of-geography-updated","title":"Prisoners of Geography Updated","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"402\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"184\"\u003ePrisoners of Geography\u003c\/em\u003e looks at the \u003cstrong data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"227\"\u003epast, present, and future\u003c\/strong\u003e to offer crucial insights into one of the major factors that determines \u003cstrong data-start=\"300\" data-end=\"317\"\u003eworld history\u003c\/strong\u003e – because if you don’t know \u003cstrong data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"359\"\u003egeography\u003c\/strong\u003e, you’ll never have the \u003cstrong data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"399\"\u003efull picture\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"1072\"\u003eOriginally published in 2015, this \u003cstrong data-start=\"439\" data-end=\"481\"\u003ecompletely revised and updated edition\u003c\/strong\u003e brings it up to date with the \u003cstrong data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"552\"\u003eevents and trends of the past decade\u003c\/strong\u003e, including new material on: the \u003cstrong data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"612\"\u003eRussia–Ukraine conflict\u003c\/strong\u003e and Moscow's alliances with authoritarian states; the \u003cstrong data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"686\"\u003eIsrael\/Gaza war\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"736\"\u003eChina’s growing military and strategic power\u003c\/strong\u003e and its stance on \u003cstrong data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"765\"\u003eTaiwan\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"792\"\u003eAmerican global power\u003c\/strong\u003e and pivot to the \u003cstrong data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"821\"\u003ePacific\u003c\/strong\u003e; Europe’s leaning towards \u003cstrong data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"868\"\u003eextreme politics\u003c\/strong\u003e, increased defence spending, and the new \u003cstrong data-start=\"910\" data-end=\"928\"\u003e‘Iron Curtain’\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"958\"\u003eJapan’s remilitarisation\u003c\/strong\u003e and increasing power; \u003cstrong data-start=\"981\" data-end=\"1011\"\u003egreat power play in Africa\u003c\/strong\u003e; and the growth of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1069\"\u003eIndian economic and military power\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1240\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1098\"\u003ePrisoners of Geography\u003c\/em\u003e is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1140\"\u003eessential primer on geopolitics\u003c\/strong\u003e, helping readers all around the globe understand what’s happening in our \u003cstrong data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1237\"\u003efast-changing world\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1242\" data-end=\"1360\"\u003e“Quite simply, one of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1300\"\u003ebest books about geopolitics\u003c\/strong\u003e you could imagine.” – Nicholas Lezard, \u003cem data-start=\"1340\" data-end=\"1358\"\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1480\"\u003e“Sharp insights into the way \u003cstrong data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1440\"\u003egeography shapes the choices of world leaders\u003c\/strong\u003e.” – Gideon Rachman, \u003cem data-start=\"1461\" data-end=\"1478\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1575\"\u003e“Marshall is not afraid to ask tough questions and provide \u003cstrong data-start=\"1541\" data-end=\"1558\"\u003esharp answers\u003c\/strong\u003e.” – \u003cem data-start=\"1563\" data-end=\"1573\"\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"2122\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1597\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1600\"\u003e\nTim Marshall is a leading authority on \u003cstrong data-start=\"1639\" data-end=\"1658\"\u003eforeign affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e with more than thirty years of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1690\" data-end=\"1714\"\u003ereporting experience\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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