The Geopolitics Of Super Power / Colin S. Gray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Colin S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geopolitics.

National security--United States.

National security.

Soviet Union--Military relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

United States--Military relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is Soviet-American competition all about? Is the Soviet Union a security problem that the United States must solve? Or is it an insecurity condition with which the U.S. must learn to live -- and if so, on what terms? What kind of a player is the United States in the great game of power politics? In The Geopolitics of Super Power, one of our most respected strategic theorists answers these and other questions.In geopolitical terms, Colin Gray sees the Soviet-American antagonism as an enduring contest between a continental empire and a maritime coalition, each with its distinctive characte

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Sir Halford Mackinder and Geopolitics; 3. The Problem of Security; 4. Statecraft: Retrospect and Prospect; 5. Geopolitics and Strategic Culture; 6. The American Way; 7. Of National Interests; 8. Organizing the Rimland; 9. The Course of Soviet Empire; 10. Containment; 11. Dynamic Containment; 12. Disengagement; 13. Rollback; 14. Strategy and Military Power; 15. Conclusions; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [200]-263.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-0181-6

0-8131-8503-3

0-8131-5805-2

OCLC:

568035085