Book review: The Future of Geography, by Tim Marshall

Tim Marshall’s skill is to take the kind of background geography that we all get at school – things like maps, flags, mountains and rivers – and use them to explain the world. Why some countries are always fought over, or why some places struggle to integrate into the global economy. His books do the joining up that we don’t always get at school: how geography intersects with history, politics and economics. Books such as Prisoners of Geography or The Power of Geography are as entertaining a...