V zajetí geografie - Jak lze pomocí deseti map pochopit světovou politiku – Marshall Tim (2018)

Vladimir Putin claims to be a believer and has a strong relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church. If that is the case, perhaps every night before falling asleep, he prays and asks God: "Why didn't you create any mountains in Ukraine?" These words begin the book 'In the Grip of Geography,' which has been translated into several dozen languages and continues to spark interest among a wide audience of both laypeople and experts. This brilliant guide to modern history in a relatively small space summarizes the most important things we need to know about the contemporary world. Geographic conditions have influenced the development of all humanity and continue to have a significant impact on the decisions and behaviors of politicians and statesmen. The decision-making of those who lead the seven billion inhabitants of this planet has always been and will continue to be largely determined by rivers, mountains, deserts, lakes, oceans, and a whole range of other geographic and geopolitical factors and laws that predetermine our possibilities - just as they have since the dawn of time. If you are curious about why Putin is obsessed with Crimea and Ukraine, why the United States was destined to become a global superpower, what drives China's expansion, or why China cannot give up Tibet, and you are willing to look at the world without prejudice and ideological bias, Marshall's book...