01593cam a2200277 i 4500 296036678 TxAuBib 20121016120000.0 120120s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012000655 9781400069835 1400069831 eng rda TxAuBib rda Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- The revenge of geography [BOOK] : what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate / Robert D. Kaplan. New York : Random House, 2012. xxii, 403 pages : maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-378) and index. From 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. Draws on the insights of geographers and geopolitical thinkers to present a holistic interpretation of the next cycle of conflict throughout Eurasia that considers such topics as European debt, Chinese power, and the role of Iran. 20121016. Political geography.