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Book SynopsisGeopolitics and Empire examines the relations between two phenomena that are central to modern conceptions of international relations. Geopolitics is the understanding of the inter-relations between empires, states, individuals, private companies, NGOs and multilateral agencies as these are expressed and shaped spatially. This view of the world achieved notoriety as the scientific basis claimed by Nazi ideologists of global conquest. However, under this or another name, similar sets of ideas were important on both sides of the Cold War and now have a renewed resonance in debates over the New World Order of the so-called Global War on Terror. Geopolitics is a way of describing the conflicts between states as constrained by both physical and economic space. It makes such conflicts seem inevitable.The argument of the book is that this view of the world continues to appear salient because it serves to make the projection of force overseas seem an inevitable aspect of the foreign policy of
Trade ReviewHalford Mackinder stands astride geography as perhaps no other geographer ever has done, or likely will.... Gerry kearns gives us here what must be the definitive biography of Mackinder as the man, academic, teacher, and imperialist.... Almost every page contains new insights, and the book repays close and multiple readings. * Geographical Review *
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ; Introduction: A Return to Empire ; 1. Geopolitics and Empire ; 2. An Imperial Subject ; 3. Making Space for Darwin ; 4. Manly Endeavours ; 5. Theorising Imperialism ; 6. Teaching Imperialism ; 7. Practising Imperialism ; 8. Conservative Geopolitics ; 9. Progressive Geopolitics ; Bibliography ; Index
