Checkerboards and Shatterbelts: The Geopolitics of South America

by Philip Kelly

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Geography has always played a major role in world politics. In this study, Philip Kelly maps the geopolitics of South America, a continent where relative isolation from the power centers in North America and Eurasia and often forbidding internal terrain have given rise to a fascinating and unique geopolitical structure.

Kelly uses the geographical concepts of "checkerboards" and "shatterbelts" to characterize much of South America's geopolitics...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0292743289

ISBN13:9780292743281

Release Date:June 1997

Publisher:University of Texas Press

Length:252 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Americas Geography History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Regional South America

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