Monsoon : The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

from Magus_Manders

In Monsoon, Robert Kaplan brings the reader on a crash course through the history and politics of the whole Indian Ocean region, from Zanzibar off Tanzania's coast to the deep water ports of Indonesia. Though relatively small in relation to its Atlantic and Pacific neighbors, the Indian Ocean has...

from RajivC

An excellent book, This book clearly explains the issues that surround the countries that are affected by the monsoons. When I picked up this book, I thought that it may be one of those geopolitical books that have been written by an American diplomat with scant knowledge of what is happening in ...

from nbmars

Robert Kaplan's Monsoon borrows a format from his earlier popular and very influential book Balkan Ghosts: part history, part travelogue, part geography lesson, and part political analysis. Here he broadens his scope from a European peninsula to the Indian Ocean littoral. His overall theme is tha...

from Magus_Manders

In Monsoon, Robert Kaplan brings the reader on a crash course through the history and politics of the whole Indian Ocean region, from Zanzibar off Tanzania's coast to the deep water ports of Indonesia. Though relatively small in relation to its Atlantic and Pacific neighbors, the Indian Ocean has...

from LynnB

This interesting book is several things: part travelogue, part history, part geo-politics and geo-economics. And, the author puts it all together in an informative and engaging way. India, China and the other countries who rely on the Indian Ocean and South China Sea for trade and transport are e...