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The Revenge of Geography
by Robert D. Kaplan
Mountains, rivers and coastlines still shape nations' fates: Mackinder, Spykman, and tours of Russia, China, India, Iran. Geopolitics revived.
Read it if…
you want geography as the foundation of strategy.
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Skip it if…
you want Marshall's simpler version.
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Three things you will actually use
- Geography constrains.
- Maps explain behavior.
- Read the old geographers.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the Heartland.
Our verdict
Kaplan's geography.
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