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Book SynopsisGrygiel asserts that, though many other aspects of foreign policy have changed throughout history, strategic response to geographical features remains one of the most salient factors in establishing and maintaining power in the international arena.
Trade ReviewThis interesting book examines the strategic structure of the empires of Venice, the Ottomans, and Ming China from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries... Grygiel's provocative volume will initiate many debates. -- Brian W. Blouet Geographical Review 2007 A must-read for anyone interested in international relations in general and geopolitics in particular. -- John P. Vanzo International Studies Review 2007 Grygiel's short but informative study serves as testament to the fact that today, no serious work of political theory can ignore the perspective of the longue duree, and even more specifically, the historical experience of non-Western regions and states. -- Boris Stremlin Journal of World-Systems Research 2008 He makes a very compelling case that geography, geopolitics, and geostrategy are relevant factors in the rise and decline of great powers, past, present, and future... Great Powers and Geopolitical Change is a book that I believe deserves the attention of policymakers and scholars alike. -- Randall L. Schweller Perspectives on Politics 2009 According to Grygiel, a country's strategic response to geography remains one of the most salient factors in establishing and maintaining power in the international arena. -- Geoffrey Sloan Foreign Affairs 2009
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Premature Death of Geography
2. Geography, Geopolitics, and Geostrategy
3. The Geopolitical Change of the Sixteenth Century
4. The Geostrategy of Venice (1000–1600)
5. The Geostrategy of the Ottoman Empire (1300–1699)
6. The Geostrategy of Ming China (1364–1644)
7. Lessons for the United States
Notes
Bibliography
Index
