Strategic Basing and the Great Powers, 1200-2000 (Strategy and History)

This is the first book to survey the evolution of the strategic basing systems of the great powers. It covers an 800-year span of history, from the Mongol dynasty to the era of the US empire. The author details the progression of strategic basing systems and power projection, from its beginnings at a regional level to its current global reach, while emphasising the interplay between political and international systemic factors (bipolar vs. multipolar systems), and technological factors.Analysing the relationship between basing structures and national power, the book deal with such key questions as: the co-mingling of military and commercial functions for bases; seapower; geopolitical theory; imperial '¬~pick-off' during hegemonic wars; base acquisitions; continuity between basing structures; and long-term shifts in basing functions.This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, military history and international relations.Robert E. Harkavy is a professor of political science at the Pennsylvania State University. He has authored numerous books, most recently the co-authored (with Stephanie Neumann) Warfare in The Third World (2001).Robert E. Harkavy is the author of 'Strategic Basing and the Great Powers, 1200-2000 (Strategy and History)', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415701761 and ISBN 0415701767.