internationalrelations

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World | Tim Marshall

This was interesting, but dated at this point- it was published in 2016. I read it for #FoodAndLit #SouthKorea but the Latin American chapter was my favorite.

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Texreader Sounds really interesting 2mo

Kristy_K I have this sitting on my bookshelves still unread. Worth the read still or too irrelevant now? 2mo

Bookwormjillk @Kristy_K I think it‘s still worth the read since it wasn‘t too long, and gave some good history behind what‘s happening in the world today. I wish this author would update the book though. 2mo

Kristy_K @Bookwormjillk Thank you! 2mo

Catsandbooks How cool! 🙌🏼🇰🇷 2mo

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Purpleness

Empire and Righteous Nation | Odd Arne Westad

#firstlinefridays

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Purpleness

Empire and Righteous Nation | Odd Arne Westad

Snow day=Reading day!

TheSpineView Love snow days! Enjoy your reading! 💜📖💜❄️💙 4mo

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Kristelh

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition) | Fareed Zakaria

#2023yearend

Kristelh 4 bingos 4mo

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steph_phanie

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World | Tim Marshall

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⭐️⭐️⭐️½
This is a very informative book about geopolitics, but it is too out of date at this point. Thus, I spent a lot of time researching the timeline and further development of various conflicts and economic interests between 2015 and today. I would love to read an updated version and wonder if one is in the works. I'm hesitant to rate it a Pick for this reason, but it's still a decent starting point for understanding geopolitics!

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TheSpineView

Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda | John Mueller

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Movie: Oppenheimer

Klou Amazing!! 4mo

TheSpineView @Klou 👍😊 4mo

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batsy

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror | Mahmood Mamdani

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Mamdani is a lucid thinker, and writes with great clarity about the world that shaped what is now casually referred to as Islamic terrorism. As an anthropologist and political scientist he lays out the historical contexts of European colonialism and the Cold War to remind us that no situation arises out of thin air, but through careful cultivation by geopolitical superpowers. Informative. This was published in 2004; would love a current follow-up.

batsy This was a reread for me and maybe a lot of it went over my head when I first read it, but for this precise moment in history a lot of things are crystal clear. 5mo

Cuilin So much comes down to white colonialism!! Ugh when will we learn from the past? 5mo

batsy @Cuilin Pretty devastating that the same things keep repeating. 5mo

Reggie I have a coworker who says that every we(the US) bomb someone, future terrorism is born. And that‘s just the obvious stuff we know about. And then I think about Rwanda and their genocide, set into motion years before when they were occupied by Belgium. Stacked. Great review, Suba. 5mo

batsy @Reggie Thanks @Reggie. I hope you find it useful if you do check it out. I'm at this point in my life where the more I read and learn, the more enraged I get. 5mo

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SMH86

Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific | Robert D. Kaplan

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Fantastic modern history with historical content and accurate analysis of the INDO Pacific area. Even though the book is nearly 10 years old, it provides such great information, and many topics discussed have/are happening or still relevant. A lot of information and history, but well done.

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