The Twilight of Geopolitics: Generals and Geographers
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This book is an intellectual biography of the German geopolitical scientist Haushofer. The author Hans Weigert shows the origins of German geopolitical thought, and focuses on analyzing the ideological connection between Haushofer and Spengler, Ratzel, and Mackinder, clarifying the important value of Haushofer's thought in understanding Pacific geopolitics. Weigert criticized Haushofer for being responsible for the foreign expansion of the German nation, believing that his doctrine advocated German conquest based on natural laws and ignored human nature. However, Haushoferism is not the root cause of German geopolitics; it is just a symptom of modern Western diseases. This book was written in 1942, shortly after the outbreak of the Pacific War. Although it is eighty years ago, it still has reference value for the formation of our understanding of geopolitics.
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