Robert D. Kaplan's The Revenge Of Geography

The Revenge of Geography “What the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate.” The author, Robert D. Kaplan traces the history of the world’s hotspots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled lands. He then utilizes the teachings learned to the tragic, present day occurrences in Europe, Russia, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Turkey, Iran, and the Arab Middle East. The result is a complete understanding of the next cycle of conflict throughout Eurasia, an ambitious look into what will become of the future which can only be understood in the context of temperature, land allotment, and other physical certainties. One of Kaplan’s most entertaining statements is when he said that China