Title:
The revenge of geography : what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate / Robert D. Kaplan.
Author:
Kaplan, Robert D., 1952-
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, ©2012.
Call Number:
JC319 .K335 2012
Abstract:
The insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the past look back at critical pivots in history and then look forward at the evolving global scene.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781400069835
9780679604839
Physical Description:
xxii, 403 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject Term:
Contents:
From Bosnia to Baghdad -- The revenge of geography -- Herodotus and his successors -- The Eurasian map -- The Nazi distortion -- The Rimland thesis -- The allure of sea power -- The "crisis of room" -- The geography of European divisions -- Russia and the independent heartland -- The geography of Chinese power -- India's geographical dilemma -- The Iranian pivot -- The former Ottoman Empire -- Braudel, Mexico, and grand strategy.
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