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Prisoners of Geography

Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
Oct 15, 2018MEnstone rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Interesting read, pulls lots of threads together (considering "only" one chapter per continent). Even if/as one might be familiar with world maps, overlaying some geography onto them and highlighting (hindsighting?) how, then, countries borders (or aspirations) took shape quite interesting. I did find the maps confusing (!), unfamiliar with the details of, say, the Indian subcontinent in the "India" Chapter, I found myself reading that chapter with a finger on three other pages at the three relevant maps, as I searched for the city or state or river or mountain range being referenced in the text.