Buffer States in World Politics

This book is a study of the buffer state concept and its effect upon world political affairs and as such analyzes the geographical and political factors necessary for the establishment and maintenance of a buffer state and examines the importance of the buffer state in maintaining world peace. .

List of contents

Introduction Part 1: Review and Theory 1. Buffer States: A Geographer's Perspective 2. Buffer States: The Issue of Sovereignty 3. Southern Africa: Buffer States Without a Conventional Buffer System 4. Buffer Systems of Middle America Part 2: Region and Country Case Studies 5. Eastern Europe: The Buffer Effect of a Cordon Sanitaire 6. The Albanian Lands: Continuity and Change in a Buffer Region 7. The Gee-Political Demise of Lebanon: Consequences of a Political and Military Buffer 8. Asia's Pivotal Buffer States 9. The History of Afghanistan as a Buffer State 10. Korea, A Buffer State 11. Uruguay: The Quintessential Buffer State 12. Buffer States: Outlining and Expanding Existing Theory

Summary

This book is a study of the buffer state concept and its effect upon world political affairs and as such analyzes the geographical and political factors necessary for the establishment and maintenance of a buffer state and examines the importance of the buffer state in maintaining world peace. .

Product details

• Authors: John Chay, John Ross Chay
• Assisted by: John Chay (Editor), Chay John (Editor), Thomas E. Ross (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780367160661
• ISBN: 978-0-367-16066-1
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government