01589nam a2200289 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160080041000330100017000740200035000910200041001260350012001670350021001790400078002000420008002780500022002860820016003081000030003242450126003542500012004802600056004923000027005485040066005755050438006415200195010796500025012741803556MeVbMML20190502001445.0120120s2012    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2012000655  a9780812982220 (acidfree paper)  a9780679604839 eBook (acidfree paper)  a3908694  a(OCoLC)769425391  aDLCbengcDLCdBTCTAdOCLCOdBDXdHHOdYDXCPdUPZdCDXdAFQdBWXdUtOrBLW  apcc00aJC319b.K335 201200a320.1/22231 aKaplan, Robert D.,d1952-14aThe revenge of geography :bwhat the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate /cRobert D. Kaplan.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bRandom House, paperback editioncc2013.  axxii, 414 p. ;c21 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]-378) and index.0 aFrom Bosnia to Baghdad -- The revenge of geography -- Herodotus and his successors -- The Eurasian map -- The Nazi distortion -- The Rimland thesis -- The allure of sea power -- The "crisis of room" -- The geography of European divisions -- Russia and the independent heartland -- The geography of Chinese power -- India's geographical dilemma -- The Iranian pivot -- The former Ottoman Empire -- Braudel, Mexico, and grand strategy.  aThe insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the past look back at critical pivots in history and then look forward at the evolving global scene. 0aPolitical geography.