About the author
Robert D. Kaplan is an American journalist and geopolitical writer whose work combines travel reporting, history, strategic analysis, and arguments about how physical geography constrains political choice.
The Revenge of Geography revisits major geopolitical thinkers and applies their maps to contemporary regions and conflicts. Geography is presented as a limit and pressure, not a complete cause, though readers should still test where the book turns constraint into prediction.
Where to start
Start with The Revenge of Geography for Kaplan's survey of geopolitical thought and his argument about the continuing force of terrain and location.
