The subtitle is clearly a lie. At best this book provides an overview of some the challenges some states face, but there's nothing particularly unique about the maps of the text that accompanies them.

That said, summarising an entire planets geopolitics is quite an achievement, but it is hamstrung by it's framing as many things simply can't be explained by geography alone. Technological development, philosophical and religious developments and many other factors have clearly influenced some of the issues the book discusses, but they have to be minimised or swept to the side to avoid them compromising the thesis of the book.

There are definitely some parts that stand out, the chapter on Africa for example, but the whole thing feels a bit dated and constrained, and there are many claims that I guess you're supposed to take on face value with very little substance to back them up.

It was definitely an interesting book to be reading during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Overall, worth a read if geopolitics interests you, but the cover is more clever marketing than an accurate description of its contents.