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Prisoners of Geography

By: Tim Marshall
Narrated by: Tim Marshall
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THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER – 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD

The iconic bestseller Prisoners of Geography, now fully updated with brand new content to reflect the changing global geopolitical landscape since it was first published in 2015

‘One of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine.’ Evening Standard

Prisoners of Geography is the book people need to understand what’s happening in the news today, from China’s ambitions to the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.
Bestselling author and geopolitics expert Tim Marshall looks at the past, present and future to offer crucial insights into one of the major factors that determines world history – because if you don’t know geography, you’ll never have the full picture.

This completely revised and updated edition brings the classic text up to date with the events and trends of the past decade, with new material including:

• the Russia–Ukraine war and Moscow's alliances with authoritarian states
• the conflicts in the Middle East
• China’s growing military and strategic power, and its stance on Taiwan
• American global power and pivot to the Pacific
• Europe’s leaning towards more extreme politics, increased defence spending, and the new ‘Iron Curtain’
• Japan's remilitarisation and increasing power
• great power play in Africa
• the growth of Indian economic and military strength

Listen to Tim Marshall’s geopolitical primers (Prisoners of Geography, The Power of Geography and The Future of Geography) to understand what’s happening in our fast-changing world.

*Want to test your world knowledge? Challenge friends and family with Prisoners of Geography: The Quiz Book, and discover who is the ultimate armchair explorer! *

©2025 Tim Marshall (P)2025 Simon & Schuster UK
Human Geography Politics & Government Social Sciences War Russia Middle East China Imperialism Thought-Provoking Military Africa Imperial Japan Socialism Iran

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a well balanced and very informative listen that injects humour into what could have been a dry subject

Very informative

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Was well produced. Interesting take on the world. Enjoyed listening. Obviously has a lot of insight to how big decisions are made. Worth listening to.

Interesting

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History, geography, political levers, motivations and yeah overall fascinating initially found it difficult to keep up with but it’s soo interesting that you want to google everything and have a look!!

Ok your right maps are super cool!

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To be this good, it could only have been narrated by the writer himself. An interesting topic, well researched and explained in a clear and efficient manner. The problem now is keeping it updated.

Fascinating

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very informative but from western eyes and interests, I wish it was less biased and be and more objective.

wish was less biased

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