Name: A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols: 2 (Politics of Place)
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Author: Tim Marshall
ISBN: 9781501168345

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A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols: 2 (Politics of Place)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Tim Marshall

Publisher

Scribner

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.1 x 13.7 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781501168345

Synopsis "A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols: 2 (Politics of Place) "

Combining keen analysis of current events with world history, Tim Marshall, author of the New York Times bestseller Prisoners of Geography, provides "an entertaining whistle-stop tour of world flags" (Library Journal)--how their power is used to unite and divide populations and intimidate enemies. For thousands of years flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colors. And still, in the twenty-first century, we die for them. Flags fly at the UN, on Arab streets, from front porches in Texas. They represent the politics of high power as well as the politics of the mob. From the renewed sense of nationalism in China, to troubled identities in Europe and the USA, to the terrifying rise of Islamic State, the world is a confusing place right now and it's important to understand the symbols, old and new, that people are rallying around. In nine chapters (covering the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, international flags, and flags of terror), Tim Marshall's A Flag Worth Dying For is a "brisk, entertaining read...that successfully answers a puzzling question: how can a simple piece of cloth come to mean so much? Marshall presents an informative survey of these highly visible symbols of national or international pride" (Publishers Weekly), representing nation states and non-state actors (including ISIS, Hezbollah, and Hamas), and explains how they figure in diplomatic relations and events today. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of global reporting experience to reveal the true meaning behind the symbols that unite us--and divide us--Marshall "writes with the cool drollery that characterized the work of Christopher Hitchens or Simon Winchester" (USA TODAY). The "illuminating" (The New York Times) A Flag Worth Dying For is a winning combination of current affairs, politics, and world history and "a treasure vault for vexillologists, full of meaning beyond the hue and thread of the world's banners" (Kirkus Reviews).

Tim Marshall

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Tim Marshall es una autoridad en materia de información internacional, con más de veinticinco años de experiencia como reportero. Ha sido corresponsal para la cadena británica Sky News y ha colaborado con la BBC y con LBC/IRN. Ha trabajado en más de treinta países y ha cubierto las guerras en Croacia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Afganistán, Irak, Libia, Siria e Israel. Ha publicado artículos en The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Independent y The Daily Telegraph, y es autor de varios libros, entre los que cabe destacar El poder de las banderas y El poder de la geografía (Península). Actualmente reside en Londres y escribe para la web TheWhatAndTheWhy.com, de la que es fundador.

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