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The bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and The Power of Geography turns his attention to the geopolitical space race, analysing the cosmic strides Russia, China and the United States have made and what it means for the rest of us down here on Earth.
Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month for October 2023
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries' GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years. This isn't science fiction. It's astropolitics.
Humans are heading up and out, and we're taking our power struggles with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers and seas have on Earth. It's no coincidence that Russia, China and the USA are leading the way. The next fifty years will change the face of global politics.
In this gripping book, bestselling author Tim Marshall lays bare the new geopolitical realities to show how we got here and where we're going, covering the new space race; great-power rivalry; technology; economics; war; and what it means for all of us down here on Earth. Written with all the insight and wit that have made Marshall the UK's most popular writer on geopolitics, this is the essential read on power, politics and the future of humanity.
Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited
ISBN: 9781783967247
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A voyage of galactic discovery' - Robert Verkaik, The Mail on Sunday
'[An] engaging exploration of power politics in space' - Irish Independent
'A superb survey of planetary politics' - Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times
'[Tim's] prose is brisk in pace and refreshingly crystalline in its clarity, affording a highly readable lesson in historical geopolitics... deeply thought-provoking' - BBC Sky at Night
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