Why geography matters three challenges facing America : climate change, the rise of China, and global terrorism

Demonstrates how geography's perspectives yield unique and penetrating insights into the interconnections that mark our shrinking world. This book shows how and why the US has become the world's most geographically illiterate society of consequence - and demonstrates that this geographic i...

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Main Author: De Blij, Harm J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press 2007
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Summary:Demonstrates how geography's perspectives yield unique and penetrating insights into the interconnections that mark our shrinking world. This book shows how and why the US has become the world's most geographically illiterate society of consequence - and demonstrates that this geographic illiteracy is a direct risk to America's national security.
Item Description:Previously published in hardcover: Oxford University Press, 2005
Physical Description:xii, 308 pages. illustrations. , maps 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-286) and index
ISBN:9780195315820 (pbk.)