Tim Marshall

Prisoners of Geography : Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

It’s the human condition to believe history is shaped by its people. But what if there was more to it?

Let acclaimed journalist and author Tim Marshall introduce us to the ideas, the people, the movements. But more than that, the physical make-up of our planet, our geography, plays a massive part in shaping world events.

Russia needs a navy to be a world power but its ports freeze for six months of the year. Solution: Annex the Crimea and its Mediterranean waters. No political action is free from its geographical considerations.