| Description |
1 online resource (261 pages) : maps |
| Series |
Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues |
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Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- History of geopolitics and biographies of key personalities (20th century) -- Selected countries and their recent historical and current national government geopolitical practices -- Current and emerging geopolitical "hot spots" -- U.S., foreign, and international government organization geopolitical information resources -- Monographic scholarly literature -- Indexes and scholarly journals -- Gray literature : dissertations, theses, technical reports, think tank publications, conference proceedings, and blogs and social networking utilities -- Current geopolitical scholars |
| Summary |
Seeks to introduce students, scholars, and curious readers to the burgeoning literature of geopolitics and how this multidisciplinary subject can enhance their understanding of historical, contemporary, and emerging international diplomatic, economic, environmental, and security developments. It begins with a 20th-century historical overview of global geopolitics and describes some of the individuals shaping this discipline and their key works and ideas. Subsequent chapters will examine the recent historical and current geopolitical practices of countries as varied as Australia, China, India, Russia, and the United States and provide overviews of current and emerging geopolitical "hot spots" such as Arctic Ocean resources, China's "string of pearls" basing strategy, and Russian energy diplomacy; freely accessible U.S., foreign, and international government organization geopolitical information resources; monographic scholarly literature; databases and scholarly journal articles; gray literature, including dissertations, technical reports, conference proceedings, and social networking utilities; profiles of current geopolitical scholars and their works; and a glossary |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Geopolitics.
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geopolitics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010052066 |
| ISBN |
9780313385803 |
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0313385807 |
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1283053187 |
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9781283053181 |
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9786613053183 |
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661305318X |
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