Earning the Rockies : How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World

from brangwinn

As a history and geography fan, I really enjoyed this book. I hadn't thought about how the rivers in the US have helped to strengthen the country while the rivers in the USSR divided the country. I found the concept that if the US had been settled from the west to the east, our country might have...

from streamsong

Conservative historian Robert Kaplan roadtripped across America to demonstrate the regionality of our history and geography, which both divide and unite the citizens of the US. He based his meditations on what he could observe, his experience and knowledge of the history of the regions, and overh...

from Unkletom

There are memoirs of road trips that are guaranteed to stand the test of time; Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail, John Steinbeck's ‘Travels with Charlie', Jack Kerouac's ‘On the Road', Francis Parkman's ‘The Oregon Trail', and Ernesto Guevara's ‘Motorcycle Diaries' to name just a few. Robert D. ...

from JBreedlove

A rare 5. One of the best non-fiction and Kaplan books I have read and I've read them all. At once familiar and enlightening and there were a number of those, "yeah, that's exactly what I mean moments" and also a new and more positive view of the great unwashed in the "Heartland". This is why I r...

from LTietz

I have always taken great pleasure in reading Robert Kaplan's books, and this one was no exception. Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World is a look at American society through an east to west road trip. I enjoyed the thought-provoking insights Kaplan provides by we...