LEADER 06590oam 2200637I 450 001 9910779334803321 005 20230617014945.0 010 $a1-135-76560-X 010 $a0-203-32782-9 010 $a1-283-83941-5 010 $a1-135-76561-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203327821 035 $a(CKB)2550000000709012 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24591108 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784890 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11443018 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784890 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10784054 035 $a(PQKB)10409482 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC199722 035 $a(OCoLC)820719949 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000709012 100 $a20180706d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGlobal geostrategy $eMackinder and the defence of the West /$fedited by Brian W. Blouet 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cFrank Cass,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 177 p. ) $cill., maps 225 0 $aGeopolitical theory series Global geostrategy 225 0$aGeopolitical theory series 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a0-415-76149-2 311 $a0-7146-5700-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. 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 Now 330 $aThis 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. 330 $bThis 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. 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