Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Tell You Everything You Need to Know about Global Politics by Tim Marshall

BATB score: 6.78/10 🌎

the world is my oyster 🌍

Best to: hands down the best introduction to geo-politics and the major subcontinental dynamics books for dummies trying to understand the world

Best for: wanderer of the great planet or candidates for the United Nations Organization (UN) - you better read this book before the interviews; or blind date conversation starters 'so what's your thought on the disputed borders in the Middle East?'

Best as: high school geo-politics course book #legit

Best quote: “Sometimes you will hear leaders say, “I’m the only person who can hold this nation together.” If that’s true then that leader has truly failed to build their nation."

“Why do you think your values would work in a culture you don’t understand?”

“All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out.”