Geopolitics and Globalization in the Twentieth Century
Brian W. BlouetLooks at the struggle between the processes of globalization and geopolitical forces since 1850. The 20th century witnessed a struggle between geopolitical states who wanted to control earth space and resources and globalizing ones who wished to open up the world to the flow of goods and services.
This book looks at the struggle between the processes of globalization and geopolitical forces over the last 150 years. The twentieth century witnessed a struggle between geopolitical states who wanted to close off and control earth space, resources and population and globalizing ones who wished to open up the world to the free flow of ideas, goods and services. Brian W. Blouet analyzes the tug-of-war between these tendencies, the playing out of which determined the shape and behaviour of today's world. Beginning his survey in the late nineteenth century, Blouet shows how the Second World War served to focus international awareness on the ramifications of global controls, and how we may be facing the end of geopolitics today.
Looks at the struggle between the processes of globalization and geopolitical forces since 1850. The 20th century witnessed a struggle between geopolitical states who wanted to control earth space and resources and globalizing ones who wished to open up the world to the flow of goods and services.
This book looks at the struggle between the processes of globalization and geopolitical forces over the last 150 years. The twentieth century witnessed a struggle between geopolitical states who wanted to close off and control earth space, resources and population and globalizing ones who wished to open up the world to the free flow of ideas, goods and services. Brian W. Blouet analyzes the tug-of-war between these tendencies, the playing out of which determined the shape and behaviour of today's world. Beginning his survey in the late nineteenth century, Blouet shows how the Second World War served to focus international awareness on the ramifications of global controls, and how we may be facing the end of geopolitics today.
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Raises in a provocative way many interesting and timely points . . . destined to influence this debate for years to come.
'History Today
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of particular interest in that [Blouet] understands globalization in its wider historical context, rather than its narrowly defined usage of the past
'Progress in Human Geography
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Offers an impressive marshalling of geopolitical history
'Journal of World History
Introduction
1. Imperialism, Globalization, Geopolitics
2. The Geopolitics of the First world War, 1914-19
3. Who Rules East Europe Commands the Heartland
4. The Collapse of World Order
5. The New Order of 1942
6. Planning the Postwar World
7. The Cold War and the Triumph of Geopolitics
8. Globalization and the Death of Geopolitics?
References
Select Bibliography
Photographic Acknowledgements
Index
Brian W. Blouet is Huby Professor of Geography and International Education at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is the author of Halford MacKinder: A Biography (1987).
