Democratic Ideals and Reality: A Study in the Politics of Reconstruction

by Halford John Mackinder

Book Overview

"Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; Who rules the Heartland commands the World Island; Who rules the World Island commands the World." --Sir Halford Mackinder, in Democratic Ideals and Reality, 1919

Democratic Ideals and Reality--A Study in the Politics of Reconstruction, published in 1919, expands on Halford Mackinder's Heartland Theory as earlier described in his 1904 paper The Geographic Pivot of the History. Mackinder was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1945934980
• ISBN13: 9781945934988
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"