Geopolitics, geography, and strategy / editors, Colin S. Gray, Geoffrey Sloan
- Bib ID:
- 525056
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- London : Frank Cass, 1999
- 289p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0714649902
- 0714680532 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"Divided into two sections, on theory and then practice, this volume takes a fresh look at geopolitics. It covers the big names such as Mackinder, Mahan and Haushofer as well as looking back at the vital influence of weather and geography on naval power in the long age of sail (16th to 19th centuries). It also looks forward to the consequences of the revival of geopolitics in post-Soviet Russia and the new space-based field of 'Astropolitics'." "The authors of Geopolitics, Geography and Strategy rescue their subject from its unwarranted neglect, demonstrate how geography can be mentally and nationally subjective, as well as physically objective, and generally show what geopoliticians can contribute to the better understanding of strategy and statecraft."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Why Geopolitics? / Geoffrey Sloan and Colin S. Gray
- I. Geopolitical Theory and Strategy: The Words and the History of Ideas.
- 2. Sir Halford Mackinder: The Heartland Theory Then and Now / Geoffrey Sloan.
- 3. Alfred Thayer Mahan, Geopolitician / Jon Sumida.
- 4. Air Power, Space Power, and Geography / Benjamin S. Lambeth.
- 5. Geography in the Space Age: An Astropolitical Analysis / Everett C. Dolman.
- 6. Understanding Critical Geopolitics: Geopolitics and Risk Security / Gearoid O. Tuathail.
- 7. Geopolitics: International Boundaries as Fighting Places / Ewan W. Anderson.
- 8. Information Power: Strategy, Geopolitics and the Fifth Dimension / David J. Lonsdale
- II. Geography and Strategy: Geopolitics in Action.
- 9. Inescapable Geography / Colin S. Gray.
- 10. Weather, Geography and Naval Power in the Age of Sail / N. A. M. Rodger.
- 11. Some Thoughts on War and Geography / Williamson Murray.
- 12. Geopolitik: Haushofer, Hitler and Lebensraum / Holger H. Herwig.
- 13. 'Russia Will Not Be Trifled With': Geopolitical Facts and Fantasies / John Erickson.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Geopolitics
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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