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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

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Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

by Kaplan, Robert D

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Random House, New York, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Preface by author, acknowledgements, glossary, notes and index. 1/4 dark pink coloured back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 dark pink coloured boards. Illustrated dustwrapper with gold and white coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip. Colour photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. "In Monsoon, a pivotal examination of the Indian Ocean region and the country is known as "Monsoon Asia," selling author Robert D. Kaplan deftly shows how crucial this dynamic area has become to American power in the twenty-first century." – From the front fold over panel blurb. A little rubbing of the book edges and there is a bump to the top edge of the front panel. Softening of the back strip. Creasing of the top dustwrapper edge with a little rubbing of the dustwrapper panels. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [11], XII - XVI, [5], 6], 366, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; History. ISBN: 1400067464. ISBN/EAN: 9781400067466. Inventory No: 0287756. . 9781400067466

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Robert D. Kaplan is chief geopolitical analyst for Stratfor, a private global intelligence firm, and the author of fourteen books on foreign affairs and travel translated into many languages, including The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate; Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power; Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History; and Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos . He has been a foreign correspondent for The Atlantic for more than a quarter-century. In 2011 and 2012, Foreign Policy magazine named Kaplan among the world’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers.”   From 2009 to 2011, he served under Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as a member of the Defense Policy Board. Since 2008, he has been a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Class of 1960 Distinguished Visiting Professor in National Security at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis.

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Bookseller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
0287756
Title
Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Author
Kaplan, Robert D
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
1400067464
ISBN 13
9781400067466
Publisher
Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2010
Keywords
BZDB2 United States, foreign relations, foreign policy, Indian Ocean region, strategic aspects Politics & Government; History. Unbranded ISBN: 1400067464 EAN: 9781400067466 Kaplan, Robert D. Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

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