Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower

Seapower has been a constant in world politics, a tool through which powerful countries have policed the...
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Author: Colin Flint
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Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower by Flint, Colin

Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower

$65.64

Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower

$65.64
Author: Colin Flint
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Seapower has been a constant in world politics, a tool through which powerful countries have policed the seas for commercial advantage. Political geographer Colin Flint highlights the geography of seapower as a dynamic, continual struggle to gain control of near waters-those parts of the oceans close to a country's shoreline-and far waters-parts of the oceans beyond the horizon and that neighbor the shorelines of other countries. A forceful and clarifying challenge to conventional accounts of geopolitics, Near and Far Waters offers an accessible introduction to the combination of economic and political relations that are the reason behind, and the result of, the development of seapower to control near waters and project force into far waters.

Examining the histories of three naval powers (the Netherlands, Britain, and the United States), this book distills the past and present patterns of seapower and their tendency to trigger repercussive conflict and war. Readers will gain an appreciation for how geopolitics works, the importance of seapower in economic competition, the motivations behind China's desire to become a global naval force, and the risks of current and future wars. Drawing on decades of experience, Flint urges readers to take seriously the dilemma of near/far waters as a context for an alternative understanding of global politics.



Author: Colin Flint
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 07/30/2024
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781503639812

About the Author
Colin Flint a Distinguished Professor of Political Geography in the Department of Political Science at Utah State University.

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