A Flag Worth Dying for: The Power and Politics of National Symbols

by Tim Marshall

Book Overview

Combining keen analysis of current events with world history, Tim Marshall, author of the New York Times bestseller Prisoners of Geography, "one of the best books on geopolitics you could imagine," ( The Evening Standard ), explains flags and their symbols--how their power is used to unite and divide populations and intimidate enemies. From the renewed sense of nationalism in China, to troubled identities in Europe and the USA, to the terrifying rise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501168339
• ISBN13: 9781501168338
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"