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Karina Braszo  \n# Democratic Ideals and Reality\n\nDEMOCRATIC IDEALSAND REALITYA Studyin the Politics of Reconstructionby the RIGHT HONOURABLESIR HALFORD J.MACKINDER  \nPrivy Counsellor;lately Chairman of the Imperial Shipping Committee;formerly Director of the London School of Economics and Political Scienceand Professor of Geography in the University of London;and at one timeReader in Geography in the University of Oxford.Author of\"Britain andthe British Seas.\"  \n# NDU PressDefense Classic Edition\n\nWith a New Introduction  \nbySTEPHEN V.MLADINEO  \nNATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY PRESSWashington,DC  \n# National Defense University Press Publications\n\nTo increase general knowledge and inform discussion,the Institute for NationalStrategic Studics,through its publication arm the NDU Press,publishes McNairPapers;proceedings of University-and Institute-sponsored symposia;booksrelating to U.S.national security,especially to issues of joint,combined,orcoalition warfare,peacekeeping operations,and national strategy;and a varietyof briefer works designed to circulate contemporary comment and offer alterna-tives to current policy.The Press occasionally publishes out-of-print defenseclassics,historical works,and other especially timely or distinguished writingon national security.  \nOpinions,conclusions.and recommendations expressed or implied withinare solely those of the authors,and do not necessarily represent the viewsof the National Defense University,the Department of Defense,or anyother U.S Government agency.Cleared for public release:distribution un-limited.  \nExcept for the Introduction,this text is copyright 1942,Constable Publishers,London.Used by permission.  \nNDU Press publications are sold by the U.S.Government Printing Office.For ordering information,call (202)512-1800 or write to the Superintendentof Documents,U.S.Government Printing Office,Washington,DC 20402.  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nMackinder,Halford John,Sir,1861-1947  \nDemocratic ideals and reality:a study in the politics of reconstruction/by Sir Halford J.Mackinder;[edited by and]with a new introductionby Stephen V.Mladineo.—NDU Press defense classic ed.  \np.   m  \nIncludes index.  \n1.Reconstruction(1914-1939)2.Geopolitics.3.World politics—1919-1932.1.Mladineo,Stephen V.II.Title.D655.M181996940.5'1—dc2096-23385CIP  \n# Publisher's Note:About This Edition\n\nThis National Defense University Press \"Defense Classic\"is a reprintof the Right Honourable Sir Halford J.Mackinder's DemocraticIdeals and Reality:A Study in the Politics of Reconstruction.  \nFirst published in 1919 by Henry Holt and Company,Inc.,Mackind-er's work went largely unnoticed until World War II revived interestin his theories.Holt re-issued the book in 1942,with an introductionby Edward Meade Earle.In 1962,W.W.Norton published the workwith an introduction by Anthony J.Pearce and with the three additional,previously published Mackinder articles included with this volume.The last publication was in 1981 by Greenwood Press,who reproducedthe 1962 edition.  \nThe text for the NDU Press edition was typeset from the text of the1942 Mackinder volume without editing,except for the correction ofa few typographical errors.The index is the same,except for theadjustment of page numbers to conform to the NDU edition,as arethe illustrations.We have not included introductions to the earliereditions but have added a new introduction that places Mackinder'sideas within a post-Cold War context.  \nThis text is copyright 1942,Constable Publishers,London,andis used by permission.  \nCONTENTS  \nForeword………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………xv  \nIntroduction by Stephen V. Mladineo ………………………………………………xvii  \nPreface……………………………………………………………………………………………………………xxiii  \nChapter One  \nPERSPECTIVE …………………………………………………………………………………………………1  \nT","cbCaisXuk09WdtlH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisXuk09WdtlH","pdf",12560444,227,"English","# Foreword\n# Introduction by Stephen V. 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