The Grand Chessboard: Paradi...er...Imperialism Lost - then Found

Mark Mills: I'm surprised by the popularity of this semi-sanitized rehash of 19th century Imperialism.

clipped from www.amazon.com clipped from www.amazon.com America's Master of Strategy on Eurasian Center of Gravity Anyone concerned with America's national security should be reading this book. The fact that it is four years old (older if one considers the intellectual gestation period), simply adds historical proof that its author is, as the Chinese have noted publicly, America's greatest strategist. This book is written in plain English. That alone sets it apart from the next level down. This is a carefully presented essay that makes eminent sense. It deals with the most important region in the world: the troubled Eurasian land mass. Rich in resources, rife with ethnic conflict and water scarcity issues, it is surrounded by major powers with global ambitions: France and Germany to the West, Russia to the North, China to East, and Iran and Turkey to the South. A number of clearly presented maps add considerable value to the book.