Strategic territory and territorial strategy: The geopolitics of Walvis Bay's reintegration into Namibia

Political Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-219

  Simon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOPOLITICAL STUDY; TERRITORIAL CONFLICT;

NAMIBIA, WALVIS BAY;

EID: 0030446707     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0962-6298(95)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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