The Iceland Watch

Description

With a population of just 329,000 (barely more than Nottingham),Iceland is the most thinly-populated country in Europe, and 80% of it isuninhabited. Despite this, in the 1100 years since humans first settledthere, the Icelanders have built a remarkably resourceful, diverse androbust community – and they have never had to go to war. In fact, in 2013the United Nations ranked Iceland the 13th most developed country inthe world.Professor Gisli Thorsteinsson is Professor of Education in Reykjavik, whileDr David Whittaker is a retired academic specializing in geopolitics. Thetwo authors have written this book to record and explain Iceland’s historyand its many achievements and to introduce readers who may not befamiliar with the country to the range and vitality of Icelandic thinkingand achievement.