Where do you draw the line? In the context of geopolitics, much
hinges on the answer to that question. For thousands of years, it
has been the work of diplomats to draw the lines in ways that were
most advantageous to their leaders, fellow citizens, and sometimes
themselves. Carving Up the Globe offers vivid documentation of
their handiwork. With hundreds of full-color maps and other images,
this atlas illustrates treaties that have determined the political
fates of millions. In rich detail, it chronicles everything from
ancient Egyptian and Hittite accords to the first Sino-Tibetan
peace in 783 CE, the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, and the 2014
Minsk Protocol looming over the war in Ukraine. But there is more
here than shifting territorial frontiers. Throughout history,
diplomats have also drawn boundaries around valuable resources and
used treaties to empower, liberate, and constrain. Carving Up the
Globe encompasses these agreements, too, across land, sea, and air.
Missile and nuclear pacts, environmental treaties, chemical weapons
conventions, and economic deals are all carefully rendered. Led by
Malise Ruthven, a team of experts provides lively historical
commentary, which—together with finely crafted visuals—conjures
the ceaseless ambition of princes and politicians. Whether they
sought the glory and riches of empire or pursued hegemony,
security, stability, and GDP within the modern international
system, their efforts culminated in lines on a map—and the
enormous real-life consequences those lines represent and enforce.
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