Budoucnost geografie – Marshall Tim (2024)

The latest book by the author of the global bestseller Prisoners of Geography. Tim Marshall has won the favor of hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide with his bestsellers Prisoners of Geography, The Power of Geography in the 21st Century, The Age of Walls, and Die for the Flag. He now presents a book titled The Future of Geography, in which he focuses on space and astropolitics. Who owns space? Even today, space is a strategic area where an open and hidden struggle is taking place, with the main actors in this ongoing contest being, of course, the great powers China, the USA, and Russia. Given the immense potential that space offers humanity, whether in terms of communication technologies, the wealth of mineral resources, the emerging space tourism, or – perhaps most importantly – military use, there is no doubt that outer space will become a new arena for geopolitical clashes in the 21st century. The Earth is already too small for us, and the space race is in full swing... Can humanity wisely utilize the vast possibilities of space, or will it hand them over to dubious speculators, plutocrats, or warmongers? Let us embark on an exhilarating journey through outer space with Marshall, one that will leave us dizzy and provoke deep reflection. We will understand how inseparably humanity is...