Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags - from the author of the global bestseller Prisoners of Geography

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Then, I reached the 'flags of fear' chapter. Let's put aside the fact that the author chose to focus solely on flags purporting to represent Islam. Marshall meekly tried to defend this in the beginning by saying that, by focusing on Islam he was not singling it out, but he was making it more relevant to the reader and more relatable in terms of current affairs. So talking about Islam in an us-versus-them-way makes for a capturing read. Why couldn't he have included the Nazi and Communist flags here? It would have fit better and made for a more balanced chapter. But moving on. Tim Marshall signing the Cambridge Union book (Image credits: Reva Croft) Reporting on foreign affairs Simon Redfern (13 September 2014). "Book of the week: 'Dirty Northern B*st*rds!': Britain's Football". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. A fascinating tour of the world’s ensigns, their histories and meanings … a sobering lesson in just how silly we human beings can be” – Daily Mail Everybody can have this white flag. It has spread into other facets of our lives. If a boxer is taking too much of a beating – why do they throw in a white towel? There's a relationshipof surrender."

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When asked if he ever found it hard to stay neutral when covering events that were so emotionally charged, he said “you may be surprised, but the answer is no.” He observed that “if you are aware of your biases […] it’s easier to put it to one side and catch yourself”. Although “in modern journalism, there is this idea that you should take sides”. Marshall views this as a “passing phase. It’s not a good thing, because all you will then do is be a propagandist for your own ideas.” A review by Lawrence Joffe in The Jewish Chronicle praised Marshall for using his experience as an international journalist to animate a subject that "at first glance, [...] might seem dry". [1] olen enda meelest alati olnud keskmisest parem riigilippude tundja, aga näe, selgub, et ajast, mil ma neid A&O taskuteatmikust uurisin ja ENEKEsest maha joonistasin (mäletate seda isetehtud kaartidega mängu, kus oli riigilipp ja rahvaarv ja pindala jne?), on vett mitmesse merre voolanud ja nii riike kui lippe üksjagu ümber disainitud. nii et täitsa huviga andis lugeda. Tim Marshall was Diplomatic Editor and foreign correspondent for Sky News. After thirty years’ experience in news reporting and presenting, he left full time news journalism to concentrate on writing and analysis.a b Naím, Moisés (4 August 2017). "Flags as banners of nationalism". The Washington Post . Retrieved 19 December 2021. Timothy John Marshall (born 1 May 1959) is a British journalist, author, and broadcaster, specialising in foreign affairs and international diplomacy. Marshall is a guest commentator on world events for the BBC, [1] Sky News and a guest presenter on LBC, and was formerly the diplomatic and also foreign affairs editor for Sky News.

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During over twenty-four years at Sky News, Marshall reported from thirty countries and covered the events of twelve wars. He has reported from Europe, the United States, (covering three US Presidential Elections), and Asia, as well as from the field in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. He spent the majority of the 1999 Kosovo crisis in Belgrade, where he was one of the few western journalists who stayed on to report from one of the main targets of NATO bombing raids. He was in Kosovo on the day NATO troops advanced into Pristina. For example, Tim focuses on militant Islamic organisations in the chapter 'Flags of Fear'. The Nazi swastika or the KKK flag would've equally suited this chapter, but Tim only discusses them in the passing in other sections. In another instance, Tim confuses religious conservatism and fundamentalism by pointing out that a Muslim man "having a beard but shaving the top lip is a sure sigh that he is of a fundamentalist bent." Marshall's blog, 'Foreign Matters', was short-listed for the Orwell Prize 2010. [8] In 2004 he was a finalist in the Royal Television Society's News Event category for his Iraq War coverage. He won finalist certificates in 2007, for a report on the Mujahideen, and in 2004 for his documentary 'The Desert Kingdom' which featured exclusive access to Crown Prince Abdullah and his palaces. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics". Elliott & Thompson. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018 . Retrieved 7 August 2015.Marshall was educated at Prince Henry's Grammar School, a state-funded comprehensive school in the market town of Otley, near Leeds, West Yorkshire. The Monocle Weekly: Stuart Semple, Tim Marshall and Anna Smith" ('...Tim Marshall discusses the history of flags...') Accessed 15 April 2017 He said: "It's instantly recognisable.You don't need to read and write. You don't need to know much about history.You see that flag, you know what it is. Immediately, right across the world." Strange how a mere piece of cloth can evoke such fierce emotion. Just think of the nun’s veil, Jewish tallit, Palestinian keffiyah, Muslim hijab or, more prosaically, an Arsenal scarf. Nothing, however, stirs passion quite like flags. For many, they do indeed seem to be worth dying for, as the title of Tim Marshall’s book affirms. An enjoyable read, but one which was disappointing given the success of the first book in this series, ‘Prisoners of Geography’.

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Shadowplay - Behind The Lines & Under Fire (The Inside Story Of Europe's Last War). A book which documents the downfall of Slobodan Milošević and contains Marshall's account of his experiences during the Yugoslav Wars. (Release: June 2019) As the drone flew lower, a stunned silence began to descend around the stadium and then, as it hovered near the center circle, there was a sudden explosion of outrage. It was carrying an Albanian flag. Keith Simpson MP's Summer Reading List - 'Tim Marshall... timely reminder of the importance of geopolitics in Prisoners of Geography...' ". Accessed 15 April 2017 There are hundreds of deep-sea creatures lurking at the bottom of the ocean, and there could be thousands more yet to be discoveredThat morphed into a sign of surrender. What it certainly does do as a blank canvas of white is it is not projecting darkness or the colours of a particular side." This book is exactly what it claims to be - the history of flags. The author goes over the majority of the more recognizable national flags and their origin stories, myths and legends. The range is wide and covers all continents. It is full of curious, interesting and entertaining stories of how the flags evolved and what their represent. The book is also an insightful course into the beginning of the cultural identities of these countries as they are represented on the flags. If you are interested in flags, culture and their origins across countries around the world, you will enjoy this a lot. George Orwell’s aphorism that soccer is “war minus the shooting” was proved right, and, given the volatility in the Balkans, the mix of soccer, politics, and a flag could have led to a larger conflict.

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Marshall recognised the importance of his work, since “armed with a degree of knowledge and an understanding of historical patterns and an understanding of geography […] you have a better idea of what might happen.” Ultimately, his aim is “to bring is the clarity of why, not just what is happening.”, something he has endeavoured to do in his new The Future of Geography. From these two deep dives into imperial nations, the book shifts to focusing on themes along different types of flags. Mr. Marshall looks at many flags of the EU member nations (and the EU flag itself), the flags in the Middle East, flags that are meant to invoke fear, flags in Asia, flags in Africa, flags in South America, and a smattering of others (including the Jolly Rodger and the Red Cross).Marshall ( @Itwitius) joins Here & Now's Peter O’Dowd to talk about the book. Book Excerpt: 'A Flag Worth Dying For' This was a terrific book! The author takes the reader on a world and history tour to describe the flags of the world. Marshall goes further than current nation states and discusses the flags of non-state actors such as the Red Cross, Hezbollah, the United Nations and NATO. Each color and design on every flag has some type of meaning, either real or legend. Some flags have symbols of piece, others display swords, or an AK-47. Colors on flags can represent ethnic groups, religion, or red for blood combined with white for peace. What can be learned about flags from the point of opening the cover is a simple listing of the meanings of colors, research that could easily be completed in an hour on wikipedia. A book filled with intelligent trivia that's tainted by the author's commentary. Even for a geo-politics newbie like me, Marshall's biases were impossible to ignore. Perhaps if you avoid the 'Flags of Terror' chapter and the author's relentless obeisance to the United States, the book would make for a spectacular read. It's a treasure trove of the histories of nation's flags written in a highly capable journalist's immaculate way of stitching the world together. Unfortunately, those biases do exist, and the Flags of Terror chapter is a central part of the book, both of which fell uncomfortably on my boundaries of bearability. In a nutshell: Tim Marshall examines many (though not all) of the flags of nations, as well as flags of political movements and other organizations as a way to examine what these symbols mean to people.