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A decade into the 21st century, our world is more interconnected
than ever before. Yet even as the global community becomes
increasingly more complex and competitive, the world is changing at
a rapid pace. Just consider some of the major events of the 21st
century: intense climate change accompanied by significant weather
extremes; deadly tsunamis caused by submarine earthquakes;
unprecedented terrorist attacks in the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere;
costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; a terrible and overlooked
conflict in Equatorial Africa costing millions of lives; an
economic crisis threatening the stability of the international
system. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. With all this
international upheaval, is there a conceptual framework that can
accommodate these global changes, help us understand the
transformations and interconnections, and inform our thoughts and
decisions through a comprehensive perspective? In Why Geography
Matters: More Than Ever, acclaimed author Harm de Blij answers this
question with one resounding affirmation: geography. In this new
and revised edition of the immensely popular Why Geography Matters,
de Blij shows how and why the U.S. has become the world's most
geographically illiterate society of consequence--and demonstrates
that this geographic illiteracy is a direct risk to America's
national security.Despite the current state of global entwinement
and rapid change, Americans seem to be less informed and less
knowledgeable about the rest of the world than ever. In 2011, the
Nation's Report Card showed that only 20 percent of high school
seniors were found to be proficient in geography. De Blij shows why
this dispiriting picture needs to change, and change now.
Insightful and thought-provoking, de Blij's book tackles topics
from the burgeoning presence of China to the troubling disarray of
the European Union, from the concerning nuclear ambitions of North
Korea to the revolutionary Arab Spring. By improving our
understanding of the world's geography, de Blij shows, we can
better respond to the events around us, and better prepare
ourselves to face the global challenges ahead. Peppering his
writing with anecdotes from his own professional travels, de Blij
expands upon his original argument in a new edition that is as
engaging as it is eye opening. Casual students of geography and
professional policy makers alike will benefit from this stimulating
and crucial perspective on geography and the way it informs our
understanding of the world.
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