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About Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall was Diplomatic Editor and foreign correspondent for Sky News. After thirty years’ experience in news reporting and presenting, he left full time news journalism to concentrate on writing and analysis.
Originally from Leeds, Tim arrived at broadcasting from the road less traveled. Not a media studies or journalism graduate, in fact not a graduate at all, after a wholly unsuccessful career as a painter and decorator he worked his way through newsroom nightshifts, and unpaid stints as a researcher and runner before eventually securing himself a foothold on the first rung of the broadcasting career ladder.
After three years as IRN’s Paris correspondent and extensive work for BBC radio and TV, Tim joined Sky News. Reporting from Europe, the USA and Asia, Tim became Middle East Correspondent based in Jerusalem.
Tim also reported in the field from Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia during the Balkan wars of the 1990’s. He spent the majority of the 1999 Kosovo crisis in Belgrade, where he was one of the few western journalists who stayed on to report from one of the main targets of NATO bombing raids. Tim was in Kosovo to greet the NATO troops on the day they advanced into Pristina. In recent years he covered the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria.
He has written for many of the national newspapers including the Times, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, and the Sunday Times.
Tim’s first book, Shadowplay: The Overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic, was a bestseller in former Yugoslavia and continues to be one of the most highly regarded accounts of that period. A second book, “Dirty Northern B*st*rds!” and Other Tales from the Terraces: The Story of Britain’s Football Chants was published in 2014, to widespread acclaim. His third book is ‘Prisoners of Geography’ and has been published in the UK, USA. Germany, Japan, Turky, and Taiwan. His latest book is ‘Worth Dying For. The Power and Politics of Flags’. The paperback, and a U.S version of this are due out in the spring of this year.
Tim has been shot with bird pellet in Cairo, hit over the head with a plank of wood in London, bruised by the police in Tehran, arrested by Serbian intelligence, detained in Damascus, declared persona non grata in Croatia, bombed by the RAF in Belgrade and tear-gassed all over the world. However, he says none of this compares with the experience of going to see his beloved Leeds United away at Millwall FC in London.
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*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
'I can't imagine reading a better book this year’ Daily Mirror
Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed. But the world has.
In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in a new age of great-power rivalry: Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Greece, Turkey, the Sahel, Ethiopia, Spain and Space. Find out why Europe’s next refugee crisis is closer than it thinks as trouble brews in the Sahel; why the Middle East must look beyond oil and sand to secure its future; why the eastern Mediterranean is one of the most volatile flashpoints of the twenty-first century; and why the Earth’s atmosphere is set to become the world’s next battleground.
Delivered with Marshall’s trademark wit and insight, this is a lucid and gripping exploration of the power of geography to shape humanity’s past, present – and future.
‘Another outstanding guide to the modern world. Marshall is a master at explaining what you need to know and why.’ Peter Frankopan
Ten Maps that tell you everything your need to know about global politics - the million copy international bestseller
Geography shapes not only our history, but where we're headed...
ON THE RUSSIA/UKRAINE CRISIS - What is driving Russia's foreign policy? Why do Putin's actions mirror those made in the past? Prisoners of Geography analyses the geographic weaknesses and historical invasions of Russia's territories, exploring how they have ultimately shaped the decisions of its leaders past and present.
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 and ten maps, 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.
It's time to put the 'geo' back into geopolitics.
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'Like having a light shone on your understanding... I can't think of another book that explains the world situation so well. - Nicolas Lezard, Evening Standard
'Sharp insights into the way geography shapes the choices of world leaders.' - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
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Ten maps; ten chapters:
Russia * China * United States of America * Latin America * the Middle East * Africa * India and Pakistan * Europe * Japan and Korea * the Arctic
Discover the ten maps that reveal the future of our world in The Power of Geography - OUT NOW
A gripping eyewitness account of a major 20th-century military conflict by the UK's most popular writer on geopolitics
The shattering of Yugoslavia in the 1990s showed that, after nearly 50 years of peace, war could return to Europe. It came to its bloody conclusion in Kosovo in 1999.
Tim Marshall, then diplomatic editor at Sky News, was on the ground covering the Kosovo War. This is his illuminating account of how events unfolded, a thrilling journalistic memoir drawing on personal experience, eyewitness accounts, and interviews with intelligence officials from five countries.
Twenty years on from the war's end, with the rise of Russian power, a weakened NATO and stalled EU expansion, this story is more relevant than ever, as questions remain about the possibility of conflict on European soil. Utterly gripping, this is Tim Marshall at his very best: behind the lines, under fire and full of the insight that has made him one of Britain's foremost writers on geopolitics.
New from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography
Which side of the fence are you on?
Every story has two sides, and so does every wall. We’re in a new era of tribalism and the barricades are going up.
Money, race, religion, politics: these are the things that divide us. Trump’s wall says as much about America’s divided past as it does its future. The Great Firewall of China separates ‘us’ from ‘them’. In Europe, the explosive combination of politics and migration threatens liberal democracy itself.
Covering China; the USA; Israel and Palestine; the Middle East; the Indian Subcontinent; Africa; Europe and the UK, in this gripping read bestselling author Tim Marshall delves into our past and our present to reveal the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.
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.
In nine chapters (covering the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, international flags and flags of terror), Tim Marshall draws on more than twenty-five years of global reporting experience to reveal the histories, the power and the politics of the symbols that unite us – and divide us.
Hay un límite a lo que los hombres pueden decidir. A menudo, se trata de un límite real, físico. Montañas, ríos, mares y hormigón se interponen entre lo que los dirigentes han querido para sus países a lo largo de la historia y lo que han podido conseguir. Para entender y explicar lo que ocurre en el mundo solemos referirnos a personas, ideas y movimientos políticos; pero sin los condicionantes que impone la geografía el resultado de semejante aproximación sencillamente está incompleto.
Muchos de los accidentes geográficos del planeta seguirán existiendo en el futuro. De aquí a un siglo, Rusia continuará mirando con angustia hacia el oeste, y seguirá encontrando allí una planicie difícil de defender. La cordillera del Himalaya continuará separando a India y Pakistán e impidiendo en gran parte un enfrentamiento directo. Florida continuará siendo el guardián que vigile la entrada y salida al golfo de México, pertenezca al país que pertenezca.
Con ese punto de partida, y a través de diez mapas —de Rusia, China, Estados Unidos, Europa, África, Oriente Medio, India/Pakistán, Corea/Japón, Latinoamérica y el Ártico—, Tim Marshall mira al pasado, al presente y al futuro de la humanidad en este libro, una obra de investigación excepcional y accesible, de enorme éxito en Reino Unido y Alemania, que ha abierto los ojos de muchos acerca de uno de los mayores (y más ignorados) factores que determinan la historia mundial.
La Lettura - Antonio D'Orrico
«Uno dei più bei libri di geopolitica.»
The Evening Standard
«In un mondo sempre più complesso, caotico e interconnesso, questo libro è una guida utile e concisa.»
Newsweek
Non c'è storia senza geografia
Per comprendere quel che accade nel mondo abbiamo sempre studiato la politica, l’economia, i trattati internazionali. Ma senza geografia, suggerisce Tim Marshall, non avremo mai il quadro complessivo degli eventi: ogni volta che i leader del mondo prendono decisioni operative, infatti, devono fare i conti con la presenza di mari e fiumi, di catene montuose e deserti. Perché il potere della Cina continua ad aumentare? Perché l’Europa non sarà mai veramente unita? Perché Putin sembra ossessionato dalla Crimea? Perché gli Stati Uniti erano destinati a diventare una superpotenza mondiale? Le risposte a queste domande, e a molte altre, risiedono nelle dieci fondamentali mappe scelte per questo libro, che descrivono il mondo dalla Russia all’America Latina, dal Medio Oriente all’Africa, dall’Europa alla Corea. Con uno stile chiaro e una prosa appassionante, Marshall racconta in che modo le caratteristiche geografiche di un paese hanno condizionato la sua forza e la sua debolezza nel corso della storia e, così facendo, prova a immaginare il futuro delle zone più calde del pianeta.
NOTA ALL'EDIZIONE EBOOK
Alcune mappe all'interno del volume sono state ruotate di 90 gradi per permetterne una visualizzazione ottimale anche ai device in bianco e nero e con gli schermi più piccoli.
Tous les chefs d’Etat sont bridés par la géographie. Leurs choix sont dictés par les montagnes, les fleuves, les mers et les murs. Pour suivre ce qui se passe dans le monde, vous devez certes comprendre les hommes, les idées et leur circulation, mais si vous ne connaissez pas la géographie, vous n'aurez jamais de vision d'ensemble !
Prisonniers de la géographie embrasse à la fois le passé, le présent et l'avenir pour proposer un coup de projecteur sur l'une des données majeures déterminant l'histoire du monde. Il est grand temps de remettre la géographie au cœur de la géopolitique.
Traduit de l'anglais par Ariane Fornia.
Holding court at the Sea-Grape Tree, which serves as the meeting place for all of the island’s iguanas, our potty-mouthed hero captures everyone’s attention, and hopefully votes, by providing regular updates to the story they all want to hear: The Story of Julia and Shamere - their secret romance and their newfound treasure, which turns out to be both a blessing and a curse.
Guano’s political future spirals downward alongside the couple's cannabis philanthropy efforts, as the entire plan becomes entangled in a web of eccentric parents, tribal prejudice, ghosts, voodoo, and international drug cartels.
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Why is “Freedom” capitalized? Because the concept is more important than most of us realize.
The more I learn about Freedom and experience being Free, I gain a deeper understanding that Freedom is a nourishment, a life-sustaining force within me and for the world at large. Once you have tasted Freedom, can you be content with anything less? When true Freedom is the force that drives your life, it cannot be replaced. Once removed, life ceases to have real purpose.
Due to the absolute reality and supreme majesty of Freedom, I believe that an understanding of what Freedom is and where it originates from should be the core responsibility of every individual throughout the world. How to live in Freedom should be the primary focus of all parents raising their children; Freedom should be the constant theme of all teachers instructing their students; Freedom should be every individual’s number-one personal goal.
As you will see in The Case for Freedom, for individuals and whole nations worldwide the solution to overcoming mankind’s problems is the proactive embracing of Freedom.
Mapeando a história milenar dos muros que dividem o planeta, Tim Marshall analisa as questões que moldarão as relações geopolíticas dos próximos anos.
Mais de um terço dos Estados-nação do mundo têm bloqueios ao longo de suas fronteiras. Ainda que o planeta sempre tenha sido separado por diferentes tipos de construções — da Grande Muralha da China ao Muro de Berlim —, uma nova era de isolacionismo e nacionalismo despontou nas últimas décadas.
Essa questão ganhou visibilidade com a obsessão da extrema-direita americana pela necessidade de um muro na fronteira com o México e com o Brexit da Grã-Bretanha, mas a verdade é que a extensão do problema é muito maior. Apenas no século XXI foram erguidos milhares de quilômetros de muros e cercas. A China, por exemplo, tem o Grande Firewall, proteção digital que bloqueia a entrada da cultura ocidental. Os países da Europa, por sua vez, tentam se blindar contra imigrantes, terrorismo e dificuldades econômicas dos países vizinhos. Na África do Sul, surgiram comunidades fortemente fechadas que dividem a população dentro do próprio território, e enormes muros ou cercas separam as pessoas no Oriente Médio, na Coreia, no Sudão, na Índia e em diversos outros lugares ao redor do planeta.
Com o estilo ágil e envolvente que é sua marca registrada, Tim Marshall organiza as peças do tabuleiro mundial e compõe em A era dos muros um mapa detalhado para entendermos o que está por trás dessas divisões físicas ou tecnológicas. Partindo de regiões geográficas centrais e utilizando suas experiências como repórter em importantes áreas do globo, Marshall analisa de que nosso cenário político por centenas de anos — em especial desde 2001 — e como eles determinam a geopolítica da atualidade.
Financial Times - James Crabtree
«Un’eccezionale guida al mondo di oggi. Marshall è un maestro.»
Peter Frankopan
Con il bestseller Le 10 mappe che spiegano il mondo, Tim Marshall ci aveva mostrato come catene montuose, fiumi, mari e deserti influenzano in maniera decisiva le traiettorie storiche di una nazione, le sue prospettive economiche e le scelte compiute dai leader che le governano. Con questo nuovo libro, il viaggio continua nelle dieci aree cruciali in cui si stanno giocando le partite decisive dei nostri tempi. Scopriamo così perché siamo solo agli inizi di una lunga lotta per il controllo del Pacifico; perché la prossima crisi di rifugiati in Europa è molto più vicina di quanto si pensi; e perché la nuova frontiera della competizione geopolitica sarà lo spazio. Dall’Australia al Sahel, dalla Grecia alla Turchia, dal Regno Unito all’Arabia Saudita per poi volare oltre l’atmosfera terrestre, con la consueta verve e capacità di incuriosire, Tim Marshall ancora una volta riesce ad affascinarci evocando il potere della geografia.
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