The revenge of geography : what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate

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The revenge of geography : what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate

(2012)

By: Kaplan, Robert D., 1952-

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:

320.12/KAPLAN,R

Availability

Locations	Call Number	Status
Adult Nonfiction	320.12/KAPLAN,R	Available

Details

PUBLISHED

New York : Random House, [2012]
©2012

EDITION

First edition

DESCRIPTION

xxii, 403 pages ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN

9781400069835, 1400069831

LANGUAGE

English

NOTES

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