Revisiting Mackinder and Angell: The Obsolescence of Great Power Geopolitics

Comparative Strategy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-129

  Fettweis, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 3142742722     PISSN: 01495933     EISSN: 15210448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01495930390202580     Document Type: Article

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