The radical geopolitics of US foreign policy: Geopolitical and geoeconomic logics of power

Political Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 570-586

  Mercille, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critical geopolitics; Geoeconomics; Logics of power; Radical geopolitics; Vietnam War

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL POWER; POST-COLD WAR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48749106116     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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