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Geopolitics : a guide to the issues /
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 beg...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Praeger,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (261 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780313385803 0313385807 1283053187 9781283053181 9786613053183 661305318X |