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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
adventurous
informative
reflective
fast-paced
informative
slow-paced
disclaimer that i haven’t read the first book, so don’t know if my critiques would have been more addressed in the first one; and i felt by the end i was desperate to finish so was skimming and not taking it all in
writing was honeslty quite dry, i dont love allll the naming of every person and initiative and the ‘half quote, name and initiative, end half quote’ style of sentences. however, enjoyed the first 1-1.5 sections, where there was most of the discussion about central asia and the silk roads. how the different geographies/resources and histories all affect geopolitics and trade in region and beyond.
the last bits was sooooo USA focused and then lots on China and a bit on Russia. it was very negative and more so simplistic narrative of china and russia = bad, which is boring and lazy. only at the very end did he critique these assumptions and only about china - which like why wait til then and doesn’t really make much difference. overall wayyyy too much about the usa - whilst i get they are a big geopolitical player, if i wanted to read about usa neo-colonialism and domination, i would!!! elsewhere!! i wanted to read about the silk roads and the usa was mentioned more than any other country. side note wilddd how much of trump term 2, is an albeit extended/amped up, repeat of term 1 - huge yikes
i don’t have much else to say which makes it seem like i hated the book, i didn’t, but i’ve said before i need to steer away from recent geopolitics books written by white men and yea i need to follow that more!
writing was honeslty quite dry, i dont love allll the naming of every person and initiative and the ‘half quote, name and initiative, end half quote’ style of sentences. however, enjoyed the first 1-1.5 sections, where there was most of the discussion about central asia and the silk roads. how the different geographies/resources and histories all affect geopolitics and trade in region and beyond.
the last bits was sooooo USA focused and then lots on China and a bit on Russia. it was very negative and more so simplistic narrative of china and russia = bad, which is boring and lazy. only at the very end did he critique these assumptions and only about china - which like why wait til then and doesn’t really make much difference. overall wayyyy too much about the usa - whilst i get they are a big geopolitical player, if i wanted to read about usa neo-colonialism and domination, i would!!! elsewhere!! i wanted to read about the silk roads and the usa was mentioned more than any other country. side note wilddd how much of trump term 2, is an albeit extended/amped up, repeat of term 1 - huge yikes
i don’t have much else to say which makes it seem like i hated the book, i didn’t, but i’ve said before i need to steer away from recent geopolitics books written by white men and yea i need to follow that more!
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
challenging
informative
fast-paced
Another one in the "White man discovers there were empires outside of Europe before the colonial period."
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced