TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brzezinski,Zbigniew
TI  - The grand chessboard: American primacy and its geostrategic imperatives 
SN  - 0465027253
AV  - 002 E 840 B916g 1997
U1  - 327.73 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - BasicBooks
KW  - Geopolitics
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - World politics
KW  - 1989-
KW  - Geopolítica
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Historia
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - Política mundial
KW  - 1989
KW  - Politique mondiale
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Eurasia
KW  - Strategic aspects
KW  - Aspectos estratégicos
KW  - Etats-Unis
KW  - Relations exterieures
KW  - Eurasie
KW  - Aspect strategique
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Superpower Politics -- 1. Hegemony of a New Type. The Short Road to Global Supremacy. The First Global Power. The American Global System -- 2. The Eurasian Chessboard. Geopolitics and Geostrategy. Geostrategic Players and Geopolitical Pivots. Critical Choices and Potential Challenges -- 3. The Democratic Bridgehead. Grandeur and Redemption. America's Central Objective. Europe's Historic Timetable -- 4. The Black Hole. Russia's New Geopolitical Setting. Geostrategic Phantasmagoria. The Dilemma of the One Alternative -- 5. The Eurasian Balkans. The Ethnic Cauldron. The Multiple Contest. Neither Dominion Nor Exclusion -- 6. The Far Eastern Anchor. China: Not Global but Regional. Japan: Not Regional but International. America's Geostrategic Adjustment -- 7. Conclusion. A Geostrategy for Eurasia. A Trans-Eurasian Security System. Beyond the Last Global Superpower
N2  - The heart of The Grand Chessboard is Brzezinski's analysis of the four critical regions of Eurasia and of the stakes for America in each arena - Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and East Asia. The crucial fault lines may seem familiar, but the implosion of the Soviet Union has created new rivalries and new relationships, and Brzezinski maps out the strategic ramifications of the new geopolitical realities
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UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/97013812-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/97013812-d.html
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