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The Eurasian century : hot wars, cold wars, and the making of the modern world / Hal Brands

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  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • The Eurasian century : hot wars, cold wars, and the making of the modern world / Hal Brands
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • New York London : W. W. Norton & Company
Date de copyright
  • C 2025
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (XXI-.296 p.) : couv. ill. en coul. ; 24 cm
ISBN
  • 978-1-324-03694-4
EAN
  • 9781324036944
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 327.5
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Notes bibliogr. p.[248]-285. Index
Résumé ou extrait
  • We often think of the modern era as the age of American power. In reality, we're living in a long, violent Eurasian century. That giant, resource-rich landmass possesses the bulk of the global population, industrial might and potential military power; it touches all four of the great oceans. Eurasia is a strategic prize without equal-which is why the world has been roiled, reshaped and nearly destroyed by clashes over the supercontinent. Since the early twentieth century, autocratic powers-from Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Soviet Union-have aspired for dominance by seizing commanding positions in the world's strategic heartland. Offshore sea powers, namely the United Kingdom and America, have sought to make the world safe for democracy by keeping Eurasia in balance. America's rivalries with China, Russia and Iran are the next round in this geopolitical game. If this new authoritarian axis succeeds in enacting a radically revised international order, America and other democracies will be vulnerable and insecure. Hal Brands, a renowned expert on global affairs, argues that a better understanding of Eurasia's strategic geography can illuminate the contours of rivalry and conflict in today's world. The Eurasian Century explains how revolutions in technology and warfare and the rise of toxic ideologies of conquest, made Eurasia the centre of twentieth-century geopolitics-with pressing implications for the struggles that will define the twenty-first.
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