MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aWalton, C. Dale,$d1971-$eauthor.
245 10 $aGeopolitics and the great powers in the twenty-first century :$bmultipolarity and the revolution in strategic perspective /$cC. Dale Walton.
246 3 $aGeopolitics and the great powers in the 21st century
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2007.
300 $aviii, 141 pages ;$c24 cm.
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aGeopolitical theory series ;$v3
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 108-137) and index.
505 0 $aTable of Contents -- Introduction: New Powers and Old Politics -- Mackinder and the Cold War -- The Death of the Columbian Epoch -- The Post-Columbian Epoch -- The Center of the Action -- The Revolution in Strategic Perspective -- The Argument -- Chapter I: Geopolitics in an Uncertain World: The Case for Classical Geopolitics -- An Unearned Infamy: The Reputation of Classical Geopolitics -- Geopolitics as Counsel -- The Usefulness of Classical Geopolitics -- The Enduring Relevance of Geography -- A Twenty-First Century Geopolitics -- The Post-Columbian Epoch -- Conclusion: Capturing the New Epoch -- Chapter II: The Geography of Universal Empire: The Geopolitics of the Columbian Epoch -- Seeing One World, Whole -- Strategic Culture and Geography -- Strategic Learning and the Post-Columbian Epoch -- The Stakes: Why the Politics of Eastern Eurasia are of Global -- Importance -- Conclusion -- Chapter III: The Grand Casino Reopens: Multi-Polarity and International Politics -- The Short Half-Life of Unipolarity -- The Character of Multipolarity -- Beyond Bipolarity: The Balancing of China -- The American Factor -- Nightmare: The Possibility of a Great Power Axis -- Great and Small Power Interactions -- Conclusion -- Chapter IV: Leviathan Slimming: Guarding American Interests in a Multipolar Environment -- The Second American RMA -- The Danger of Resting on Laurels -- Rogues and Suckers: The Challenges of Preeminence -- Leaving the Beltway: Moving Beyond Multipolarity -- Comparing Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Twenty-First -- Century United States -- Conclusion -- Chapter V: Strategizing Without a License: The Non-State Challenge to World Order -- The Islamist Threat in Context -- Rise of the Lilliputians -- The Great Powers and the Terrorists -- Conclusion -- Chapter VI: Strategy 2.0: Great Power Competition in an Era of Technological Revolution -- Faster, Cheaper, Better: The Technological Explosion -- The RSP and the Next Revolution in Military Affairs -- A Thought Experiment: The Military Application of Artificial -- Intelligence to Airpower -- The Case for Technological Exuberance -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Geopolitics and the Revolution in Strategic Perspective.
650 0 $aGeopolitics.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2001-2009.
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830 0 $aGeopolitical theory series ;$v3.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006101896.html