You might also like

More about Democratic Ideals and Reality

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 60 loyalty points

Book synopsis

1919 saw the publication of two major polemical works: The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes and Democratic Ideals and Reality by Halford J. Mackinder. The former is famous, the latter much less so - but it was its own way a prophetic book. Mackinder's message, his warning - addressed to the peacemakers at Versailles - was memorably summarized thus: 'Who Rules East Europe commands the Heartland: Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island: Who rules the World-Island commands the World.' Mackinder contended that power was shifting from the sea-borne empires to countries that encompassed the great land masses: Eastern Europe he designated as 'the geographical pivot of history.' His thesis made a notable impression on German geopolitician Karl Haushofer who was keenly read, in turn, by Hitler. But Democratic Ideals and Reality has endured as a critical study of imperial ambitions and geographical realities.

Book details

Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government International relations

• Full title: Democratic Ideals and Reality
• Author: Halford John Mackinder
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248
• EAN: 9780571253760
• ISBN: 0571253768
• ID: 04896990
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Weight: 318 g
• Dimensions: 135 × 217 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. August 2009

Trending among others

---

---

---