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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything About the World
The war in Ukraine, decades-long tension between India and Pakistan, and the melting ice cap in Arctic, these are all issues discussed by Tim Marshall in his 2015 book, Prisoners of Geography. I picked up this book on the recommendation … Continue reading
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Tagged book, geopolitics, India, key points, prisoners geography, russia, summary, ukraine, war
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Key Points from Books: Blowout
BLOWOUT: CORRUPTED DEMOCRACY, ROGUE STATE RUSSIA, AND THE RICHEST, MOST DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRY ON EARTH by Rachel Maddow Turns out Putin made mistakes over the past fifteen years—big, fundamental, hard-to-reverse mistakes. That can happen when you try to build your country’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blowout, book, energy, exxon, key points, oil, review, rex tillerson, russia, summary
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