A 'big ideas' gallop ... Morris succeeds triumphantly at cramming 10,000 years of history into a single book -- Robert Colvile - Times

Morris is a jaunty, accessible writer, especially strong on his home field of archaeology, and this is a book brimming with neat slogans and ideas -- Dan Jones - Sunday Times

Morris writes with great knowledge and wisdom and a certain panache ... I can't think of a better, more thought-provoking and generally wise introduction to the 'long' history of Britain's changing relations with continental Europe and the wider world than Geography is Destiny, or one that is such a terrific read -- Bernard Porter - Literary Review

<p><b>Praise for Ian Morris:</b><br> 'A great work of synthesis and argument, drawing together an awesome range of materials and authorities</p> -- Andrew Marr

A fresh perspective ... Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable -- Jared Diamond, author - Guns, Germs, and Steel

Clever, acute and counterintuitive ... a pleasure to read -- Dominic Sandbrook - Sunday Times

Brilliantly argued across a huge sweep, combining history with human geography, human and natural sciences. It is a magnificent and stimulating read, and should be given to anyone involved in the business of war and peace, or the human fate in any respect - and already a book of the year -- Robert Fox - Evening Standard

A provocative and extraordinary contribution to wide-screen comparative history ... a true banquet of ideas -- Boyd Tonkin - Independent

This is an astonishing book, full of controversy, brilliantly researched and thoughtfully argued ... one of the most fascinating and thought-provoking histories I've read in years - Daily Telegraph

One doffs one's hat to Morris's breadth, ambition and erudition - Sunday Times

An astonishing work -- David S. Landes, author - The Wealth and Poverty of Nations

An exuberant and wonderfully entertaining tour de force of history, archaeology, anthropology, geography, evolutionary biology and technological and military speculation... a terrific book -- David Crane - The Spectator

It is the book's elegantly succinct prose that will most captivate readers ... filled with lucid explanations of the most recondite questions, with many revealing quotations and witty asides -- Edward Luttwak - Prospect

Remarkable ... historian Morris argues not only that war is a source of technological advance but that it brings peace ... the thesis is disturbingly persuasive -- Martin Wolf - Financial Times

Gleefully provocative yet alarmingly persuasive... one of the most original history books in years - Mail on Sunday

The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future