Neville Brown’s The Geography of Human Conflict was chosen runner up to the winning title ‘D Day’ by Antony Beevor for the yearly Duke of Westminster Medal for Military Literature prize organized by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

“Neville Brown has used his vast knowledge of history and geography in a fascinating way to give us deeper insights into how these key influences on human life have combined to shape our course. At this time we should be thinking widely and challenging familiar boundaries of thought. Brown leads the way with a very important book. I commend it warmly.” Robert O'Neill, Former Chichele Professor of the History of War, Oxford University

“‘Geopolitics’ is a much misunderstood term that is over-used in modern politics. Neville Brown puts geopolitics back where it belongs – as a scientific and particular way of interpreting world politics that offers both explanation and meta-prediction. And he does so in a way that is both delightful and impressive. On the basis of a lifetime of scholarship and an eye for the fascinating and amusing he offers a sweep of history, culture and science that is as breathtaking as it is riveting. If students of global politics are frightened of being changed simply by reading one book, they should stay away from this one. It will stretch and convert them in a single reading.“ Professor Michael Clarke, Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

“Professor Brown’s scope is extremely wide. Its historical span extends from proto-human to modern times, its geographical throughout our troubled planet and the Inner Space around it. Many threads are brought together to consider present and future circumstances: the strategic balance shifting eastwards; the displacement of Cold War rivalries with new antagonisms; accelerating change in technology, ecology and demography; failed or failing states… Those involved in or otherwise concerned about the difficult decisions we face, strategic and economic, will be far better informed for having read this impressive book.” General Sir Mike Jackson, formerly Chief of General Staff

“Neville Brown was already a leading figure in Strategic Studies when today’s decision-makers were undergraduate students. A lifetime in the field has qualified him, almost uniquely, to paint ‘the bigger picture’ by integrating history, geography and strategic analysis into a continuum which broadens horizons as it deepens understanding.” Dr Julian Lewis MP, Shadow Defence Minister

“Brown applies concepts from geography to past, ongoing, and potential conflicts that matter to people and institutions beyond the combatants. His organizing themes are the roots of modern strife, world strategy, the eastern question, and the western question. More specific topics include acquiring the globe from Miocene to Iron Age, European Renaissance and reconnaissance 1492–1942, the Soviet experiment, intercontinental deterrence, biowarfare within the strategic revolution, global warming, whether the Fertile Crescent in a critical region, and survival geography.” Reference & Research Book News