Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics has a clickbait-esque title but accurately describes what Tim Marshall attempts to undertake in his 320-page text. The book starts off strong with a chapter on Russia, where many of Marshall’s 2015 observations feel like terrible forebodings for the present war in Ukraine. However, readers should be wary of Marshall’s oversimplification of political events due to his clear neoliberal leanings. At times, Prisoners of Geography reads more like a consultation with Dick Chaney on a game of Risk. Yet, for readers who already have a good handle on geopolitics, Prisoners of Geography is full of interesting trivia, like the name of the country Pakistan is an acronym and Brazil’s seven largest ports combined handle fewer goods than the port of New Orleans.