The Revenge of Geography : : What the map Tells us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
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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.
Draws on the insights of geographers and geopolitical thinkers to present a holistic interpretation of the next cycle of conflict throughout Eurasia that considers such topics as European debt, Chinese power, and the role of Iran.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: xxii, 403 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781400069835
1400069831
SUBJECTS
Political geography.