Prisoners of geography and worth dying for the power and politics of flags 2 books collection set Paperback – 2018

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Prisoners of geography and worth dying for the power and politics of flags 2 books collection set Description:- prisoners of geography: all leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to follow world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the full picture. If you've ever wondered why putin is so obsessed with crimea, why the usa was destined to become a global superpower, or why china's power base continues to expand ever outwards, the answers are all here. In ten chapters (covering russia; china; the usa; latin america; the middle east; africa; india and pakistan; europe; japan and korea; and the arctic), using maps, essays and occasionally the personal experiences of the widely travelled author, prisoners of geography looks at the past, present and future to offer an essential insight into one of the major factors that determines world history, worth dying for the power and politics of flags: for thousands of years flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colours. And still, in the 21st century, we die for them. Flags fly at the un, on the arab street, from front porches in texas. They represent the politics of high power as well as the politics of the mob. From the renewed sense of nationalism in china, to troubled identities in europe and the usa, to the terrifying rise of islamic state, the world is a confusing place right now and we need to understand the symbols, old and new, that people are rallying round