Le 10 mappe che spiegano il mondo

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

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

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.

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

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

Para mí ha sido una lectura muy interesante, que además me ha recordado aspectos de la geopolítica actual que tenía algo obsoletos, y además he descubierto datos sobre algunos países que creía tener actualizados, pero que resulta que no los tenía. Que la Geografía determina de forma casi absoluta la Leggi tutto