Tim Marshall’s main focus in writing the book, “Prisoners of Geography” is to introduce the concept of geopolitics. He explains how the location and certain geographical features affect politics, especially international relationships. To further elaborate on this topic he includes historical examples to show how the geography affects trade, conflict, and a countries’ economy.
Seeing that there are 195 countries in the world and over 4,000 religions, conflict is bound to break out sometime. That is a given. Marshall writes, “It suggests that nature is more powerful than man and that we can go only so far in determining our own fate” (7). If a country can spend money recruiting a strong army and making powerful weaponry, but they lack the
Seeing that there are 195 countries in the world and over 4,000 religions, conflict is bound to break out sometime. That is a given. Marshall writes, “It suggests that nature is more powerful than man and that we can go only so far in determining our own fate” (7). If a country can spend money recruiting a strong army and making powerful weaponry, but they lack the