 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1954 - 376 pages
...became susceptible to potentially mortal wounds. Mackinder said, and Stalin believed : Who rules East Europe — commands the "heartland." Who rules the "heartland" — commands the "world island." Who rules the "world island" — commands the world. The great "heartland" lies within Russia ; Russia... | |
 | 1950 - 1130 pages
...Soviets, borrowed much in planning for their blueprints of a "future world order" — Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland ; Who rules the Heartland commands the World Island; Who rules the World Island commands the world.1 Today, the USSR dominates nearly all of "Central-Eastern... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee - 1977 - 1460 pages
...indispensable (although not in itself sufficient) precondition for the attainment of world hegemony: "Who rules Eastern Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; who rules the World-Island commands the World." l The establishment and perpetuation... | |
 | Anisuzzaman (red.), Anouar Abdel-Malek - 1983 - 140 pages
...systematically elaborated by the British geographer Halford Mackinder, whose famous motto was: Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the world Island; who rules the World Island commands the world.' He had developed his theory to show to the British how... | |
 | Stephen M. Walt - 1990 - 340 pages
...heartland on its head. He suggested that Russia gained great advantages from its central position, because "who rules Eastern Europe commands the Heartland,...rules the Heartland commands the World Island: who rules the World Island commands the World." By this logic the outcome of World War 11 should have established... | |
 | Thomas H. Buckley, Edwin B. Strong - 1987 - 228 pages
...control and then use the resources of the Heartland. He formulated a three-point thesis; "Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World Island; who rules the World Island commands the World." In Mahan and Mackinder there were two different theories... | |
 | Michael Don Ward - 1992 - 236 pages
...called the Heartland was the key to world domination. His oftrepeated contention was: Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland Who rules the Heartland commands the World Island Who rules the World Island commands the world Thus, controlling the center of this mass, as Germany and... | |
 | Michael E. Brown, Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Steven E. Miller - 1995 - 548 pages
...resources for fleet-building, and the empire of the world would then be in sight." He later concluded that "who rules eastern Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World Island; and who rules the World Island commands the World."4 German domination of Europe during World War II... | |
 | Norman Davies - 1996 - 1428 pages
...creation of a belt of strong new states to keep Russia and Germany apart, he coined the famous formula: Who rules eastern Europe, commands the Heartland; Who rules the Heartland, commands the World-island; Who rules the World-Island, commands the World/' NOBEL T is a supreme irony that the... | |
 | Ted Galen Carpenter, Barbara Conry - 1998 - 300 pages
...accept in its entirety the resonant but overwrought dictum of Sir Haiford Mackinder ("Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland: Who rules the Heartland commands the World Island: Who rules the World Island commands the World") 2 to recognize the profound strategic implications of what... | |
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Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; Who rules the Heartland commands the World Island; Who rules the World Island commands the World. 
