Download e-book for iPad: Space Is Power: The Seven Rules of Territory by John Hickman

By John Hickman

ISBN-10: 1498512895

ISBN-13: 9781498512893

From Russia’s annexation of Crimea to China’s ‘nine-dash line’ within the South China Sea, it really is transparent that territory is as very important in foreign politics now because it has ever been. but too few modern international coverage makers, newshounds, and students may be able to converse coherently approximately territorial concerns. Space Is strength: The Seven principles of Territory demanding situations the highbrow conceits that human territoriality is basically a social build, that territorial sovereignty is atavistic, that territorial annexation is usually irrational, and that territorial disputes are provoked by way of overseas coverage makers who search to divert public awareness from extra very important concerns. Space Is Power argues that territoriality is just too easy to human nature to be denied and territorial sovereignty is simply too very important to the survival of the fashionable nation to be missed. The truths approximately territory are captured in seven ideas, a few of that are intuitive whereas others contradict traditional knowledge. instead of awaiting the transcendence of the territorial states, this ebook argues that the unmistakable path of overseas politics is towards encompassing ever extra actual area because the territory of states.

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