The Revenge of Geography
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The Revenge of Geography
| Full title | The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate |
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| Author | Robert D. Kaplan |
| Published | 2012 |
| Pages | 448 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Kaplan’s revival of the geographical determinists — Mackinder, Mahan, Spykman — as a corrective to the idea that technology has made terrain irrelevant. Mountains, rivers and coastlines as the constraints politics keeps rediscovering. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — listed as “The Revenge of Geography by Kaplan” in the replies when he asked on X “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025. Full list: What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- Geopolitics — the subject, argued from the map.
- The Decline of the West — the other grand-determinist account already on Kyle’s list.
- History
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
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