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1 online resource |
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Routledge Library Editions: Human Geography |
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Routledge Library Editions: Human Geography
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; General introduction; 1. Power through might; Introduction; The philosophy of power through might; Individual power within the state; State power within the community of states; Conclusion; The psychology of power through might; Individual aggression; Group aggression; From aggression to war; Identifying aggressive war; Case-study 1.1: Nazi Germany; Geopolitical models in Germany before Hitler; The geopolitical model of Hitlerism; The fall of German geopolitics |
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Case-study 1.2: AmazonasGeopolitics and expansion in Brazil; Geopolitics, expansion, and war in the Amazon Triangle; Conclusion; Case-study 1.3: South Africa and Namibia; The origins of white domination; The contradiction between white theology and economics; The occupation and exploitation of Namibia; Case-study 1.4: The Western Front in the First World War; Disputes reduced to tests of power through might; Methods of gaining territory; Battlefield psychology: enjoying the fight; Battlefield psychology: memorabilia; Conclusion; Summary table; 2. Power through right; Introduction |
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The philosophy of power through rightOwnership of territory; Attachment to territory; A focus for power through right: the territorial state; The origins of the territorial state; The cultural transition to the territorial state; Case-study 2.1: The Holy Land; Christians, Jews, and Moslems: contrasting claims; The Jews: a historical and theological right; The Jews: a political and cultural right; The West Bank: a conflict of rights; Case-study 2.2: The Falklands; Introduction; The legal arguments; The Argentine right to the Malvinas; The British right to the Falklands; Case-study 2.3: Grenada |
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The illusion of self-determinationGrenada and the United States' sphere of influence; The Grenadian revolution and the United States; The destruction of the Grenadian revolution; Conclusion; Case-study 2.4: Northern Ireland; The two claims to Northern Ireland; The historical and cultural background to the two claims; Political response: real and hypothetical; Summary table; 3. Power through nationhood; Introduction; The philosophy of power through nationhood; Nationhood and consensus; Nationhood, ethnicity, and the territorial state; Culture and nationhood; Territory and nationhood |
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Nationhood and the stateThe development of nationhood by the state; The extraordinary power of the sovereign state; Statism: a short-lived phase of history?; Case-study 3.1: England after the Norman Conquest; Introduction; The embryonic state generates nationhood through feudalism; Diplomatic and military subjugation in the embryonic state; Conclusion; Case-study 3.2: Pre-colonial nationhood in Guinea; The necessity of integration for nationhood; Integration: the Almamy Empire of Futa Djallon; Integration: the Mandinka Empire of Samory Touré; Disintegration: the colonial era |
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Geopolitics.
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Power (Social sciences)
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World politics.
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geopolitics.
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Geopolitics.
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Power (Social sciences)
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World politics.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317341024 |
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1317341023 |
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9781317341031 |
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1317341031 |
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9781317341017 |
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9781315661742 |
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1317341015 |
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1315661748 |
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