The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our Worldvolume 3 by Marshall, Tim
The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our Worldvolume 3 by Marshall, Tim

The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our Worldvolume 3

Tim Marshall, the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography, analyzes the most urgent and...
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The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our Worldvolume 3 by Marshall, Tim

The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our Worldvolume 3

$61.17
The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our Worldvolume 3 by Marshall, Tim

The Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our Worldvolume 3

$61.17
Author: Tim Marshall
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Tim Marshall, the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography, analyzes the most urgent and tenacious topics in global politics and international relations by examining the borders, walls, and boundaries that divide countries and their populations.

The globe has always been a world of walls, from the Great Wall of China to Hadrian's Wall to the Berlin Wall. But a new age of isolationism and economic nationalism is upon us, visible not just in Trump's obsession with building a wall on the Mexico border or in Britain's Brexit vote but in many other places as well. China has the great Firewall, holding back Western culture. Europe's countries are walling themselves against immigrants, terrorism, and currency issues. South Africa has heavily gated communities, and massive walls or fences separate people in the Middle East, Korea, Sudan, India, and other places around the world.

In fact, at least sixty-five countries, more than a third of the world's nation-states, have barriers along their borders. There are many reasons why walls go up, because we are divided in many ways: wealth, race, religion, and politics, to name a few. Understanding what is behind these divisions is essential to understanding much of what's going on in the world today.

As with Marshall's first two books, The Age of Walls is a brisk read, divided by geographic region. He provides an engaging context that is often missing from political discussion and draws on his real life experiences as a reporter from hotspots around the globe. He examines how walls (which Marshall calls "monuments to the failure of politics"), borders, and barriers have been shaping our political landscape for hundreds of years, and especially since 2001, and how they figure in the diplomatic relations and geo-political events of today.

Author: Tim Marshall
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 10/09/2018
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781501183904


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2018 pg. 58
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2018
Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 68
Booklist 09/01/2018 pg. 6

About the Author
Tim Marshall is a leading authority on foreign affairs with more than 30 years of reporting experience. He was diplomatic editor at Sky News, and before that was working for the BBC and LBC/IRN radio. He has reported from 40 countries and covered conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Israel. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics and Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls; Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags; and Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire. He is founder and editor of the current affairs site TheWhatandtheWhy.com.
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