1. Why geography matters -- 2. Reading maps and facing threats -- 3. Earth's changeable environments -- 4. Climate and civilization -- 5. A future geography of human population -- 6. The mesh of civilizations -- 7. Red star rising : China's geopolitical gauntlet -- 8. Terrorism's widening circle -- 9. From terrorism to insurgency -- 10. European superpower? -- 11. Russia : trouble on the eastern front -- 12. Hope for Africa?
Summary
"Preparing for climate change, averting a cold war with China, defeating terrorism: all of this requires geographic knowledge. In Why Geography Matters, Harm de Blij makes an urgent call to restore geography to America's educational curriculum. He shows how and why the United States has become the world's most geographically illiterate society of consequence - and demonstrates that this geographic illiteracy is a direct risk to America's national security."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-286) and index