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what are some good intro books/essential reads about geopolitics

>> No.21054057

>>21054051
bump brudda. me too wants to know

>> No.21054101

>>21054051
the Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy.

Also the commentary on the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan is great.

Great fucking books. Im here for other recommendations as well.

>> No.21054109

>>21054051
Foundations of Geopolitics by Aleksandr Dugin.

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21054112

Kissinger is an epic jew lord and is not one to be trifled with on the subject.

>> No.21054199

>>21054051
Mahan, Mckinder and Spykman are the classics for Amerilards
Politische Geographie by Ratzel
Land and Sea by Schmitt is a personal favorite

>> No.21054261

>>21054112
I tried reading this and it was garbage. I don't even believe he really wrote it, read the acknowledgments and it seems his assistants ghostwrote it. Also he (or whoever wrote it) doesn't even understand the Peace of Westphalia which triggers my autism.

Fuck Kissinger, he's a brainlet.

Only one you need for geopolitics is Zeihan.

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>>21054051
The Sources of Social Power series from Michael Mann
John Mearsheimer’s stuff

>> No.21054595

>>21054051
Almost all books about geopolitics are published for reasons of "public relations". If you want to know about geopolitics you have to know about all the ties and workings of finance, banking, capital, and big industry first and foremost. How states relate to each other is secondary especially nowdays.

>> No.21055897

>>21054563
>The Sources of Social Power series
That isn't a work of IR

>> No.21055929

>>21054051
It's just like in school: Jenny doesn't talk to Brenda because what happened last summer but Brenda does talk to Lisa (Jenny's best friend and science lab partner), however none of them talk to Johnny because he's violent and crazy. And so on and so forth. Boring shit.

>> No.21055953

>>21054101
Spbp

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21055971

>>21054051
Look at Renzi, he's just happy to be there :)

>> No.21056569

>>21054057
Brudda, bump

>> No.21056572

>>21055897
>IR
??

>> No.21056573

>>21054595
also, Jews

>> No.21056590

Read Lenin's Imperialism

>> No.21056604

>>21056572
International Relations

>> No.21056615

>>21056604
So you want current affairs, is it?
I didn't get the "IR" reference because it is about international relations

>> No.21056620

>>21054051
War and Peace

>> No.21056653

You can't understand IR unless you are a king, and the only good book for a king is The Book (KJV). For us peasants the best way to approach our servile role in IR is through Ryan Holiday's "The Way, The Enemy, and The Key" trilogy.

>> No.21056659

>geopolitics
Don't use that term. HAARP has already been debunked by Trump.

>> No.21056676

>>21056604
>International Relations
One of the biggest pseudosciences filled with midwits just like "poltical science".

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read this and realize that nothing ever changes

>> No.21056726

>>21056615
It is more focused on domestic than international politics. Yes you can't understand one without the other, but I assume if OP is asking for books on "geopolitics" he would wants IR-forward works.
>>21056676
Maybe, but that's what OP is asking for.

>> No.21057114

>>21054051
Le world island man

>> No.21057185

>>21056653
Fuck I hate Ryan Holiday

>> No.21057200

>>21054051
geopolitics is the politics of geology

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21057216

Only book you need.

>> No.21057250

Well, Thucydides is the square one. Zbigniew Brzezinski The Grand Chessboard is a great book to understand the US viewpoint about the world. Aleksander Dugin (PBUH) is a must. And if you can read in Spanish, I would suggest Pedro Baños and Alfredo Jalife works. Asia is a mystery for me, because the chinese don't translate their books that much.

Fuck jews and anglos

>> No.21057271

>>21057216
This book is basically "Its the Jews except the Jews are Anglos and they're not that bad in fact I kind of like them". Also he gets very butthurt about Germany

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21057403

>geopolitics
>IR
>realpolitik
>expediency
>hegemony
>democracy
>liberalism
>offensive realism
>sovereignty
>superpower
>balance of power
>power politics
Don’t bother with this midwit shit for over educated morons

>> No.21057671

>>21056676
>>21057403
What is "midwit" about it? What is the alternative?

>> No.21057698

>>21057671
Posting wojacks all day. That’s his only solution.

>> No.21057714

>>21054101
I've got both of those books (actually right next to each other dude to K names) and can confirm that they offer a lot.

>> No.21058030

>>21054261
>Zeihan
Grifter

>> No.21058761

>>21054112
Why not recommend his one good book, Diplomacy?

>> No.21058769

>>21054051
MA GUARDA RENZI LI A FARSI LE CENE CON I SUOI AMICI RITARDATI