Kaplan, Robert D., 1952-

The revenge of geography : what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate / Robert D. Kaplan. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2012. - xxii, 403 p. ; 25 cm.

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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Political geography.

JC319 / .K335 2012

320.1 / KAT