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The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate

Robert D. Kaplan

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This book is absolute garbage. Zeihan is a geopolitical lightweight and a very uninformed one at that. It’s hard to tell if he was intentionally dishonest in that book or really that uninformed. He is so factually wrong on some points that’s it shocking, like things that are objectively and quantifiable facts. For much better Geopolitical books, check these out: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52962238-principles-for-... (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52962238-principles-for-dealing-with-the-changing-world-order) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56696339-the-power-of-ge... (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56696339-the-power-of-geography) https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/16144575