AuthorKaplan, Robert D., 1952-
TitleThe revenge of geography : what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate / Robert D. Kaplan
Imprint New York : Random House, c2013
Descript xxii, 414 p.; 21 cm

SUMMARY

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


CONTENT

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


SUBJECT

  1. Political geography
  2. Geopolitics
  3. Historical geography

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Arts LibraryJC319 K17R 2013 CHECK SHELVES