Prisoners of Geography: 10 Maps That Explain Everything About the World

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Introduces the ways in which international affairs can be understood through geographical factors: not just the physical landscape (the natural barriers of mountains or connections of river networks, for example), but also climate, demographics, biogeography, environment, cultural regions, and access to natural resources. Utilizing maps, works to explain and understand complex geopolitical landscapes that shape our world in an ever more complex, chaotic, and interlinked manner.