Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Geopolitics: geography, history and strategy: a trinity of relationships; 2 Classical geopolitical theories: Spykman and Mackinder; 3 British foreign policy and the Heartland: challenge and nemesis; 4 Britain, Ireland and the Battle of the Atlantic: failure and redemption; 5 A geographical aurora: geopolitics in the United States during the Second World War; 6 Geopolitics and containment 1945-1973: a strategy without limits?; 7 The geopolitics of China and the Pacific pivot; 8 Conclusions
