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The revenge of geography : what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate / Robert D. Kaplan.

By: Publication details: New York : Random House, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 403 p. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781400069835 :
  • 1400069831 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC319 .K335 2012
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.
Holdings
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection JC 319 .K335 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5148743

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-378) and index.

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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