Global geostrategy : Mackinder and the defence of the West /

Global geostrategy : Mackinder and the defence of the West / edited by Brian W. Blouet. - London ; New York : Frank Cass, 2005. - x, 177 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Geopolitical theory series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-175) and index.

Halford Mackinder and the pivotal heartland / Brian W. Blouet -- In defence of the heartland: Sir Halford Mackinder and his critics a hundred years on / Colin S. Gray -- The pivot and imperial defence policy / Robin A. Butlin -- The diplomatic context: Britain and international relations in 1904 / Pascal Venier -- The heartland in Russian history / Paul Coones -- Halford Mackinder, the 'Geographical Pivot', and British perceptions of Central Asia / Sarah O'Hara, Michael Hefferman, and Georgina Enfield -- Trading states, territorial states, and technology: Mackinder's contribution to the discourse on states and politics / Peter J. Hugill -- Ireland in Britain and the British Seas / Geoffrey R. Sloan -- Halford Mackinder and the geographical pivot of history: a critical assessment / Klaus Dodds -- The geographical pivot of outer space / Everett Carl Dolman -- The heartland - then and now / David Hooson.

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Mackinder, Halford John, Sir, 1861-1947.


Geopolitics.
Geopolitics--Europe.
World politics--20th century.

JC 319 / G562 2005

327.1/01