Le 10 mappe che spiegano il mondo
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Non c'è storia senza geografia
Per comprendere quel che accade nel mondo abbiamo sempre studiato la politica, l’economia, i trattati internazionali. Ma senza geografia, suggerisce Tim Marshall, non avremo mai il quadro complessivo degli eventi: ogni volta che i leader del mondo prendono decisioni operative, infatti, devono fare i conti con la presenza di mari e fiumi, di catene montuose e deserti. Perché il potere della Cina continua ad aumentare? Perché l’Europa non sarà mai veramente unita? Perché Putin sembra ossessionato dalla Crimea? Perché gli Stati Uniti erano destinati a diventare una superpotenza mondiale? Le risposte a queste domande, e a molte altre, risiedono nelle dieci fondamentali mappe scelte per questo libro, che descrivono il mondo dalla Russia all’America Latina, dal Medio Oriente all’Africa, dall’Europa alla Corea. Con uno stile chiaro e una prosa appassionante, Marshall racconta in che modo le caratteristiche geografiche di un paese hanno condizionato la sua forza e la sua debolezza nel corso della storia e, così facendo, prova a immaginare il futuro delle zone più calde del pianeta.
NOTA ALL'EDIZIONE EBOOK
Alcune mappe all'interno del volume sono state ruotate di 90 gradi per permetterne una visualizzazione ottimale anche ai device in bianco e nero e con gli schermi più piccoli.
- ISBN: 8811147921
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 315
- Data di uscita: 08-06-2017
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Once I read this true crime account of this serial killer and they didn’t find the bodies, I think they got him on dna, and so they ask him what did you do with the bodies. They were wondering what genius plan of disposal the guy had come up with to make ten corpses disappear without trace. And he s Leggi tutto
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything about the World, Tim Marshall, 2015, 263 pp. This is actually a rather shallow, cursory look at geopolitics from a standard pro–U.S.-military, neoliberal viewpoint. The ten maps are just ordinary maps of ten areas, Russia, China, U.S., W. Europ Leggi tutto
Several disclaimers: 1. I am a historical geographer by inclination and education, and I have taught history and geography. I have also published articles in leading scholarly journals.2. I have read the forward and the first half of the first section concerning Russia and cannot read further.3.
Yeah, well, it took me some time to finally and officially finished cause I stopped reading for couple months. Anyway, before I get into it, I have to say that I did enjoy this, just to make that clear. Because sometimes I feel like I have more to say about the aspects which were not great in my opi Leggi tutto
Outstanding! If one reads only one politico book this year, read this one. Wanting to compose a 20 paragraph reaction, at least that long upon each one of the 10 world "entities" that this book is divided into! (Not always a continent, but sometimes that nomenclature relates.) Well, I will not. Becau Leggi tutto
The premise of this book is interesting - that much of international politics is about geography. Country A doesn't go to war with country B because there is a range of mountains between them. Country C enjoys a strong trading economy because it has access to the sea. And so it goes. Most people read Leggi tutto
Tim Marshall (wiki: 'British journalist, author and broadcaster, specialising in foreign affairs and international diplomacy') uses ten maps as the focus of ten chapters not only looking at the relevant geo-politics but also heavy underlining the geographical constraints, history and Climate Change
This is an amazing journey through the world, zooming out of particular localities and looking at the geographical shape of bigger areas that helped form the history, culture and population of the world we share. I read the first chapters on Russia, China, Europe, USA and Africa constantly nodding m Leggi tutto
"Geography will determine the future..." Tim Marshall's Prisoners Of Geography is an interesting and informative short book about what happened (history), the current scenario and some inputs about how the future could be. All these are from the perspective of the geographic conditions. As the author Leggi tutto
Overall an interesting read, but little new information for anyone with more than just a passing interest in history or (geo-)politics. There is too much ''America is awesome'' and too little actual in depth information. Furthermore, the title is somewhat misleading. I had the impression that there
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