A good bluffer's guide for the members of the newly elected Foreign Affairs and Defence Select Committees' - Keith Simpson MP, summer reading list recommendations 'A reminder of the salience of geography in international affairs. Marshall succeeds in making lucid a complex topic.' - Chris Tilbury, Prospect 'A timely reminder of the importance of geopolitics. What he really excels at is capturing the psychology of nations and giving maps a power that politicians must tame.' - Top Ten Holiday Reads - Dan Lewis, Stanfords, 'Difficult to put down. Marshall is not afraid to ask tough questions and provide sharp answers.' - Adam LeBor, Newsweek 'Marshall's latest book explains how politics is nothing without geography, in his crisp and compelling style. In an ever more complex, chaotic and interlinked world, Prisoners of Geography is a concise and useful primer on geo-politics. I can't think of another book that explains the world situation so well.' - Nicholas Lezard, Evening Standard 'Compels a fresh way of looking at maps - not just as objects for orientation or works of art, but as guideposts to the often thorny relations between nations' - The New York Times 'A very good idea, very well executed - and (perhaps as one expected) very entertainingly written' - Professor Anthony Glees, Director, Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (BUCSIS), The University of Buckingham 'Shows the ways geography shapes not just history but human destiny. the book is, in a way which astonished me, given the complexities of the subject, unputdownable. Marshall is clear-headed, lucid and possessed of an almost uncanny ability to make the broad picture accessible and coherent. Gohel 'Quite simply, one of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine: reading it is like having a light shone on your understanding.

'A fresh and original insight into the geopolitics behind today's foreign policy challenges' - Andrew Neil `Crisply written and brilliantly argued' - Dame Ann Leslie `An essential and detailed reflection of the geopolitical dynamics that exist globally' - Dr Sajjan M.

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