Military Geography: For Professionals and the PublicThis book covers many topics that are crucial to military planning but often receive only passing mention in histories or briefings. Collins, a former Army officer, stresses land geography, but he does not stint oceans, the atmosphere, or interplanetary space. His discussions of urban areas are too brief, given the increasing amount of large-scale violence in cities since the end of World War II. |
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Contents
FOREWORD | |
PREFACE | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |
AUTHORS INTRODUCTION | |
1 OVERVIEW | |
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY | |
2 SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS | |
3 LAY OF THE LAND | |
12 MILITARY BASES | |
13 FORTRESSES AND FIELD FORTIFICATIONS | |
POUTICALMILITARYGEOGRAPHY | |
14 MILITARY SERVICE PREDILECTIONS | |
15 GEOPOLITICAL FRICTION | |
16 MILITARY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY | |
AREA ANALYSES | |
17 FORMAT FOR AREA ANALYSIS | |
4 OCEANS AND SEASHORES | |
5 EARTHS ATMOSPHERE | |
6 REGIONAL PECULIARITIES | |
7 INNER AND OUTER SPACE | |
8 NATURAL RESOURCES AND RAW MATERIALS | |
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY | |
9 POPULATIONS | |
10 URBANIZATION | |
11 LINES OF COMMUNICATION | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Military Geography: For Professionals and the Public Association of the United States Army Series |
| Author | John M. Collins |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Potomac Books, Inc., 1998 |
| ISBN | 1597973599, 9781597973595 |
| Length | 461 pages |
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