Geopolitics and the Quest for Dominance

by Jeremy Black

History and geography delineate the operation of power, not only its range but also the capacity to plan and the ability to implement. Approaching state strategy and policy from the spatial angle, Jeremy Black argues that just as the perception of power is central to issues of power, so place, and its constraints and relationships, is partly a matter of perception, not merely map coordinates. Geopolitics, he maintains, is as much about ideas and perception as it is about the actual spatial dimensions of power. Black s study ranges widely, examining geography and the spatial nature of state power from the 15th century to the present day. He considers the rise of British power, geopolitics and the age of Imperialism, the Nazis and World War II, and the Cold War, and he looks at the key theorists of the latter 20th century, including Henry Kissinger, Francis Fukuyama and Samuel P. Huntington, Philip Bobbitt, Niall Ferguson, and others."

Genres: Politics

352 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2015

About the author

Jeremy Black is an English historian, who was formerly a professor of history at the University of Exeter. He is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
Black is the author of over 180 books, principally but not exclusively on 18th-century British politics and international relations, and has been described by one commentator as "the most prolific historical scholar of our age". He has published on military and political history, including Warfare in the Western World, 1882–1975 (2001) and The World in the Twentieth Century (2002).

Reviews

[Marko Vulević · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not amazed :(

[Diogenes the Dog · Rating 2 out of 5]

Required reading for international relations course. The book is boring is hell, but the good thing about being boring as hell is that even if it’s wrong, there isn’t a hell of a lot of harm that can be done.

It a boring book about maps.

[Hussain Shah]

B

[Steven Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insightful look at the role of geography in politics. Anyone interested in global politics and even military matters will likely get something out of and enjoy this book.