Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSolidly grounded in many decades of historical and interdisciplinary readings, [Black] considers the complex relations between power and space, and their perception, from a plurality of angles, ranging from the history of international relations and cartography to diplomatic and military history, to that of science and technology, etc.Spring 2017
* Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
The book is a must read for those involved in international relations, strategic studies, geography, political and economic history, as well as government and military leaders. It is a treasure trove of thought for academics, for scholars to debate and advance.3/30/17
* Military Review *
In Geopolitics and the Quest for Dominance, Black provides a lively and thought-provoking account of the subject based on an almost unsurpassable range of reference and a strong commitment to communicating the richness of the field.
* International History Review *
Every scholar working within the broad field of geopolitics should read this book for two reasons. First, it is a well-written and detailed historical account of the ideas and practice of (mainly) state-centric geopolitics. Second, it is a direct attack on the axioms and methods of the dominant form of contemporary geopolitical analysis.
* Journal of Historical Geography *
Table of ContentsPreface
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Geopolitics before the Term: Spatiality and Frontiers
3. Geopolitics before the Term: Maps
4. Geopolitics of British Power 1500-1815: A Case Study
5. Geography and Imperialism: The World in the Nineteenth Century
6. Geopolitics and the Age of Imperialism, 1890-1932
7. Nazi Geopolitics and World War II, 1933-1945
8. Geopolitics and the Cold War
9. Geopolitics Since 1990
10. The Geopolitics of the Future
11. Conclusions
Selected Further Reading
Index
