Gary Knapton’s Reviews > Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics > Status Update

Ten chapters. Ten maps of key world land and sea areas. A delightful roughly thirty-page mini-history and explanation of each. As nation states are so new - the whole Middle East since 1916. Germany since 1871. Italy the same, it’s a refreshing reminder of the nation state - and therefore patriotism and identity, as precisely what they are in actual fact: made-up nonsense from power brokers. Great deconstruction.