06590oam 2200637I 450 991077933480332120230617014945.01-135-76560-X0-203-32782-91-283-83941-51-135-76561-810.4324/9780203327821 (CKB)2550000000709012(StDuBDS)AH24591108(SSID)ssj0000784890(PQKBManifestationID)11443018(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784890(PQKBWorkID)10784054(PQKB)10409482(MiAaPQ)EBC199722(OCoLC)820719949(EXLCZ)99255000000070901220180706d2005 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrGlobal geostrategy Mackinder and the defence of the West /edited by Brian W. BlouetLondon ;New York :Frank Cass,2005.1 online resource (x, 177 p. ) ill., mapsGeopolitical theory series Global geostrategy Geopolitical theory seriesFormerly CIP.Uk0-415-76149-2 0-7146-5700-X Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Halford Mackinder and the Pivotal Heartland 2. In Defence of the Heartland: Sir Halford Mackinder and his Critics a Hundred Years On 3. The Pivot and Imperial Defence Policy 4. The Diplomatic Context: Britain and International Relations in 1904 5. Mackinder and British Perceptions of Central Asia 6. The Heartland in Russian History 7. Trading States, Territorial States, and Technology: Mackinder's Contribution to the Discourse on States and Politics 8. Halford Mackinder and the Geographical Pivot of History: A Critical Assessment 9. The Geographical Pivot of Outer Space 10. The Heartland - Then and NowThis is an examination of Halford Mackinder's global geostrategic view, from the perspective of geography, diplomatic history, political science, international relations, imperial history and the space age.This is a new examination of Halford Mackinder's seminal global geostrategic work, from the perspective of geography, diplomatic history, political science, international relations, imperial history, and the space age. Mackinder was a man ahead of his time. He foresaw many of the key strategic issues that came to dominate the twentieth century. Until the disintegration of the Soviet Union, western defence strategists feared that one power, or alliance, might come to dominate Eurasia. Admiral Mahan discussed this issue in The Problem of Asia (1900) but Mackinder made the most authoritative statement in "The Geographical Pivot of History" (1904). He argued that in the "closed Heart-Land of Euroasia" was a strategically placed region, with great resources, that if controlled by one force could be the basis of a World Empire. James Kurth, in Foreign Affairs, has commented that it has taken two World Wars and the Cold War to prevent Mackinder's prophecy becoming reality. In World War I and World War II Germany achieved huge territorial gains at the expense of the Russian empire and the Soviet Union. In the former conflict the Russian empire was defeated by Germany but the western powers insisted that the territorial gains made by Germany, at the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, be given up. In World War II Britain and the US gave material support to Stalin's totalitarian regime to prevent Nazi Germany gaining control of the territory and resources that might have been a basis for world domination. The west, highly conscious of Mackinder's dictum (1919) that "Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland," quickly adopted policies to contain the Soviet Union. History has therefore proved Mackinder's work to be of vital importance to generations of strategic thinking and he remains a key influence in the new millennium. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of strategic studies and military history and of geopolitics in particular. This is a new examination of Halford Mackinder's seminal global geostrategic work, from the perspective of geography, diplomatic history, political science, international relations, imperial history, and the space age. Mackinder was a man ahead of his time. He foresaw many of the key strategic issues that came to dominate the twentieth century. Until the disintegration of the Soviet Union, western defence strategists feared that one power, or alliance, might come to dominate Eurasia. Admiral Mahan discussed this issue in The Problem of Asia (1900) but Mackinder made the most authoritative statement in "The Geographical Pivot of History" (1904). He argued that in the "closed Heart-Land of Euroasia" was a strategically placed region, with great resources, that if controlled by one force could be the basis of a World Empire. James Kurth, in Foreign Affairs, has commented that it has taken two World Wars and the Cold War to prevent Mackinder's prophecy becoming reality. In World War I and World War II Germany achieved huge territorial gains at the expense of the Russian empire and the Soviet Union. In the former conflict the Russian empire was defeated by Germany but the western powers insisted that the territorial gains made by Germany, at the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, be given up. In World War II Britain and the US gave material support to Stalin's totalitarian regime to prevent Nazi Germany gaining control of the territory and resources that might have been a basis for world domination. The west, highly conscious of Mackinder's dictum (1919) that "Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland," quickly adopted policies to contain the Soviet Union. History has therefore proved Mackinder's work to be of vital importance to generations of strategic thinking and he remains a key influence in the new millennium. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of strategic studies and military history and of geopolitics in particular.Geopolitical theory series.GeopoliticsGeopoliticsEuropeWorld politics20th centuryGeopolitics.GeopoliticsWorld politics327.101Blouet Brian W.1936-275953MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779334803321Global geostrategy3824754UNINA02722nam 2200589 450 991082015040332120210614055825.00-7391-9469-0(CKB)3710000000248170(EBL)1798287(SSID)ssj0001347253(PQKBManifestationID)12527836(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001347253(PQKBWorkID)11350450(PQKB)11111988(Au-PeEL)EBL1798287(CaPaEBR)ebr11024306(OCoLC)891589658(MiAaPQ)EBC1798287(PPN)196740029(EXLCZ)99371000000024817020150304h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCorruption in the contemporary world theory, practice, and hotspots /edited by Jonathan Mendilow and Ilan PelegLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2014.©20141 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-9470-4 0-7391-9468-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Meaning of Corruption in World Opinion; Chapter Three: The Shifting Landscape of Corruption in the United States; Chapter Four: Can Public Financing and Citizens United Coexist?; Chapter Five: Corruption and the Arab Spring; Chapter Six: Ancient Democracy and the Modern Era; Chapter Seven: The Austrian Way; Chapter Eight: Corruptible Competition; Chapter Nine: Tackling Corruption, Finally?; Chapter Ten: Corruption Perception and Collective Action; Chapter Eleven: State Capitalism and CorruptionChapter Twelve: Anthropological Approaches to CorruptionIndex; Contributors to the VolumeThis book presents a variety of perspectives on the phenomenon of political and economic corruption-and the link between them-through focused and theoretical analysis. While grounded in the intellectual tradition of classical writers such as Edmund Burke, the volume presents an updated profile of corrupted practices in the contemporary world.Political corruptionCase studiesCorruptionCase studiesPolitical corruptionCorruption364.1/323Mendilow JonathanPeleg Ilan1944-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820150403321Corruption in the contemporary world4022594UNINA