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Geopolitics Super Power Geopolitics OF Super Power COLIN S. GRAY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Copyright © 1988 by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine College, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Club, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. Editorial and Sales Offices: Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0024 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gray, Colin S. The geopolitics of super power. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. United States—National Security. 2. United States—Military relations—Soviet Union. 3. Soviet Union—Military relations—United States. 4. Geopolitics. I. Title. UA23.G7786 1988 355'.033073 87-25355 ISBN 0-8131-1627-9 ISBN 0-8131-0181-6 (pbk.) For T.J.—veritas prevalebit Contents List of Maps viii Acknowledgments ix 1. Introduction 1 2. Sir Halford Mackinder and Geopolitics 4 3. The Problem of Security 13 4. Statecraft: Retrospect and Prospect 28 5. Geopolitics and Strategic Culture 39 6. The American Way 53 7. Of National Interests 66 8. Organizing the Rimland 75 9. The Course of Soviet Empire 93 10. Containment 113 11. Dynamic Containment 132 12. Disengagement 144 13. Rollback 165 14. Strategy and Military Power 175 15. Conclusions 193 Notes 200 Index 265 Maps Mackinder's World 6 Spykman's World 8
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