Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall | Book Club

Full Title: Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

Suggested by: Book Shop Event
Pages to read: 277
ISBN: 9781501121470 (Originally listed edition, & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•How does geography effect politics?
•What are geographic features that need to be accounted for?
•How does technology effect geography?
•How can geography connect people?
•What happens when people are able to connect to with each other?
•How can geography divide people?
•How does geography effect whether a region has decentralized or centralized politics?
•What effect does NATO have?
•Why has Russia been expanding?
•How does Russian geography effect its people?
•How does Russia effect Ukraine?
•How does Russia effect Estonia?
•Who do neighbors of Russia support, Russia or the United States?
•What is the political situation between India and China?
•How does China’s geography effect its people?
•How does China effect Tibet?
•Why is China not a democracy?
•How does geography effect the United States?
•How did the United States become a global power?
•What is the political situation between the United States and China?
•Why do countries not want to lose face?
•How does geography effect Europe?
•How does geography effect Africa?
•How does geography effect the Congo?
•How does geography effect the Middle East?
•Why is there an Israeli-Arab conflict?
•How does geography effect India?
•How does geography effect Pakistan?
•How does geography effect South Korea?
•How does geography effect Japan?
•How does geography effect Latin America?
•Why can the Arctic become a conflict zone?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.