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" The revenge of geography : "
Robert D. Kaplan
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BL
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697498
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b519687
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| Main Entry
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Kaplan, Robert D.,1952-
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| Title & Author
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The revenge of geography : : what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate /\ Robert D. Kaplan
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Random House,, c2012
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xxii, 403 p. ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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1400069831 (acid-free paper)
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: 9781400069835 (acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-378) and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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The insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the past look back at critical pivots in history and then look forward at the evolving global scene
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Political geography
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| Dewey Classification
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320.1/2
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JC319.K335 2012
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