Colin Flint

Geopolitical Constructs

The Mulberry Harbours, World War Two, and the Making of a Militarized Transatlantic

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Produktbeschreibung

Using unknown archival material to give voice to those who made the Mulberry Harbours to supply the military advance after D-Day and implemented a global military strategy in World War Two, this book brings the "big picture" back to geopolitics, showing how the everyday actions of individuals made, and were made by, geopolitical settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781442266674
• ISBN-10: 1442266678
• Artikelnr.: 44678284

Autorenporträt

Colin Flint is a political geographer and professor in the Department of Political Science, Utah State University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction: The Mulberry
Harbours and Ways to Think About War Chapter Two: Geopolitical Constructs:
Understanding Global Geopolitical Change Chapter Three: The Scope of the
Mulberry Harbour Project: Demanded by Strategy, Made by Committee Chapter
Four: Bureaucratic Construct: "Millions spent on a plan which had not been
approved" Chapter Five: Good Geopolitical Subjects: "Did we, Sir, do well?"
Chapter Six: The Business of Making the Mulberry Harbours: "War may be an
intensification in the development of our lives" Chapter Seven: Making
Places: "You are probably aware that a scheme has been prepared" Chapter
Eight: Making Regions: From "bridge" to "unsinkable aircraft carrier"
Chapter Nine: Conclusion: The Legacies of Geopolitical Constructs
Bibliography About the Author