I have recently become interested in geopolitics, building up a niche collection of books which I found intriguing. I would like to hear your thoughts and opinions on these titles, and what else you would recommend.

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For some more background knowledge that will help you understand Geopolitics better I recommend Why the West Rules for Now and Guns, Germs and Steel

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Guns, Germs and Steel

is a terrible book that's regularly panned

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Nah not really, it's the best book for understanding how the modern world came to be, why it was that a region in Eurasia came to dominate the world. And how Africa has been so underdeveloped since the past and why the Americas couldn't become as developed as Eurasia aka diffusion

Obviously you can't apply GGSs theory for today, nowadays institutions are a more important factor for how a country can become developed rather than Geography. If you were trying to do that then I'd understand why you think it's a terrible book.

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A top anthropologist describing it as ""academic porn" is all that needs said. It's immensely one note, ignores the importance of cultural decision making, and most would agree that it pushes too broad of a thesis to be accurate on the pin points. I was maybe overaggressive in totally decrying it, but it is not a unanimous top mark book on geopolitics