This reads more like a college textbook prepared by inexperienced professor who locked himself up in the university library for two years or so. I was disappointed as I liked Kaplan's earlier books, based on his actual visits to locations which are not accessible for most of us. Kaplan does menti...
The first part of this book is a nice review of major geo/political theories that I half-remembered from my intro level international politics classes. The second part is an examination of the geography of specific countries and regions (especially headline countries like Russia, China, and Iraq;...
This book was on the reader’s list before the terrorist attacks of 11September 2001; after those events however it seemed more imperative to read it. The book contains Kaplan’s typically superb reporting. While limited by the fact that it stops with the 1989 Soviet pullout, it nonetheless provi...