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1、THEGEOPOLITICSREADERThetwentiethcenturyisthecenturyofgeopolitics.Fromthecoiningofthetermatthebeginningofthecenturytoitsnowcommonuseasasignforglobalconflictandchange,theproblematicofgeopoliticsoffersarevealingwindowintothegreatstrugglesoverpowerandspacethathavedominatedthiscentury.Implicatedinthe
2、GreatPowerimperialismoftheearlytwentiethcenturyandintheriseofNaziGermany,geopoliticsprovidesaninsightintohistoricalstrugglesovertheorganizationofglobalpoliticalspace.DuringthelateryearsoftheColdWar,geopoliticswasusedtodescribeapermanentglobalstrugglebetweenthecapitalistWesternblocandtheSovietEas
3、ternblocthatfinallyendedwiththecollapseoftheSovietUnion.Intoday’snewworld,theproblematicofgeopoliticsismorerelevantthaneverasnewglobalstrugglesoverpowerandspaceshapetheemergentformofthepost-ColdWarworld.Everydaylifeinthelatetwentiethcenturyispervadedbyageopoliticalimaginationthathasexpandedtoinc
4、ludeissuesandquestionspreviouslyignoredduringtheColdWar:civilizationalclashes,globalwarming,socialmovementstruggles,globalfinanceandtransnationalcommunicationnetworks.Inthispost-ColdWarworld,thedomainofgeopoliticsnowtouchesuponsomeofthemosthotlydebatedissuesofourtime,includingglobalenvironmental
5、degradation,ethno-nationalismandpost-modernism.TheGeopoliticsReaderbringstogetherthemostcomprehensiveselectionofreadingsongeopolitics,fromclassicaccountstoemergingtrends.Itintroducesfreshperspectivesonthekeyissuesofdebateinthelatetwentiethcenturyconcerningdiscourse,power,genderandpoliticaleconom
6、y.GearóidÓTuathailisAssociateProfessorofGeographyatVirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity,SimonDalbyisAssociateProfessorinGeographyatCarletonUniversityandPaulRoutledgeisaLecturerinGeographyatGlasgowUniversity.THEGEOPOLITICSREADEReditedbyGearóidÓTuathail,SimonDalbyandPaulRoutledgeLondonan
7、dNewYorkFirstpublished1998byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor
