Military Geographies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405127776)

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Format: Paperback
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Military Geographies

$44.75

Military Geographies

$44.75
Format: Paperback
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Military Geographies is about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism.
  • A book about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism.
  • Sets a new agenda for the study of military geography with its critical analysis of the ways in which military control over space is legitimized.
  • Explores the ways in which militarism and military activities control development, the use of space and our understanding of place.
  • Focuses on military lands, establishments and personnel in contemporary peacetime settings.
  • Uses examples from Europe, North America and Australasia.
  • Draws on original research into the mechanisms by which the British government manages the defence estate.
  • Illustrated with maps, plans and other figures.


Author: Woodward
ISBN-10: 1405127775
ISBN-13: 9781405127776
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2004
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.64d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2005 pg. 1282
By Woodward
By Woodward
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Rachel Woodward is a Lecturer in the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. She is the co-author of Leadership and Local Power in Contemporary Rural Europe (2002) and has written numerous journal articles on military land use, on rural development, and on gender and the military.

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