Democratic Ideals and Reality: The Geographical Pivot of History

by Halford John Mackinder

Book Overview

2022 Reprint of the 1919 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Studying the prerequisites for a stable peace settlement during World War I, the author developed a thesis in political geography that he had first outlined in a paper read to the Royal Geographical Society in 1904, "The Geographical Pivot of History." In it he argued that interior Asia and eastern Europe (the heartland)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684226937
• ISBN13: 9781684226931
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"