Halford MacKinder - Alfred Thayer Mahan - Nicholas Spykman
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Halford MacKinder - Halford published a book named "On the Scope and Methods of Geography". - He was appointed as Reader in Geography to the Oxford University - MacKinder was one of the founders of the Geographical Association . That Geographical Association was promoting the teaching of geography in schools. - He was one of the founders of the London School of Economics . - Halford published Britain and the British Seas, which included the first comprehensive geomorphology of the British Isles and which became a classic in regional geography. - MacKinder also proposed that the world had experienced three unique geopolitical periods. The closed heartland of Eurasia was the geographical pivot or location that was central to establishing global control. Alfred Thayer Mahan - He has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century. - His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that countries with greater naval power will have greater worldwide impact - His ideas were generally for the United States, Germany, Japan and Britain, but they ultimately causing a European naval arms race in the 1890s, which included the United States. - He was appointed as a lecturer in naval history and tactics at the Naval War College. Nicholas Spykman - He was known as the " godfather of containment ." - He was one of the founders of the classical realist school in American foreign policy, transmitting Eastern European political thought into the United States - Spykman published two books on foreign policy. 1) America's Strategy in World Politics 2) The Geography of the Peace - Spykman thought that it was in U.S. interests to leave Germany strong after World War II in order to be able to counter Russia's power. According to
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Halford MacKinder
- Halford published a book named "On the Scope and Methods of Geography".
- He was appointed as Reader in Geography to the Oxford University
- MacKinder was one of the founders of the Geographical Association . That Geographical Association was promoting the teaching of geography in schools.- He was one of the founders of the London School of Economics .
- Halford published Britain and the British Seas, which included the first comprehensive geomorphology of the British Isles and which became a classic in regional geography.
- MacKinder also proposed that the world had experienced three unique geopolitical periods. The closed heartland of Eurasia was the geographical pivot or location that was central to establishing global control.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
- He has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century.
- His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that countries with greater naval power will have greater worldwide impact
- His ideas were generally for the United States, Germany, Japan and Britain, but they ultimately causing a European naval arms race in the 1890s, which included the United States.
- He was appointed as a lecturer in naval history and tactics at the Naval War College.
Nicholas Spykman
- He was known as the "godfather of containment ."
- He was one of the founders of theclassical realist school in American foreign policy, transmitting Eastern European political thought into the United States
- Spykman published two books on foreign policy. 1) America's Strategy in World Politics 2) The Geography of the Peace
- Spykman thought that it was in U.S. interests to leave Germany strong after World War II in order to be able to counter Russia's power. According to Spykman there was no difference between Germany dominating all the way to the Urals, or Russia controlling all the way to Germany; both scenarios were equally threatening to the U.S.
