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+ | '''The Great Game''' is the late 20<sup>th</sup> century re-statement by [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] in his book ''The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives'', of [[Halford Mackinder]]'s ''"Heartland theory"'' outlined in his [[1904]] [[paper]] ''{{FileLink|File:The_Geographical_Pivot_of_History.pdf|The Geographical Pivot of History}}''. At its most general, it is a time-honoured concept denoting the Strategic rivalry between competing Empires to dominate Central Asia. | ||
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The term(s) has its origins in the mid-nineteenth century rivalry between the Russian and British Empires and has remained valid and important as a key concept in the analysis and understanding of British, US and European foreign policies throughout the twentieth century - especially with respect to the two world wars themselves. It remains a valid characterisation of current Anglo/US/NATO efforts to achieve exactly the same goal. | The term(s) has its origins in the mid-nineteenth century rivalry between the Russian and British Empires and has remained valid and important as a key concept in the analysis and understanding of British, US and European foreign policies throughout the twentieth century - especially with respect to the two world wars themselves. It remains a valid characterisation of current Anglo/US/NATO efforts to achieve exactly the same goal. | ||
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− | + | [[Rudyard Kipling]] popularized the phrase and idea in his novel ''Kin'', published from 1900-1901.<ref>Seymour Becker, "The ‘great game’: The history of an evocative phrase." Asian Affairs 43.1 (2012): 61-80.</ref> | |
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The Great Game is the late 20th century re-statement by Zbigniew Brzezinski in his book The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives, of Halford Mackinder's "Heartland theory" outlined in his 1904 paper The Geographical Pivot of History. At its most general, it is a time-honoured concept denoting the Strategic rivalry between competing Empires to dominate Central Asia.
Origins
The term(s) has its origins in the mid-nineteenth century rivalry between the Russian and British Empires and has remained valid and important as a key concept in the analysis and understanding of British, US and European foreign policies throughout the twentieth century - especially with respect to the two world wars themselves. It remains a valid characterisation of current Anglo/US/NATO efforts to achieve exactly the same goal.
Rudyard Kipling popularized the phrase and idea in his novel Kin, published from 1900-1901.[1]
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- ↑ Seymour Becker, "The ‘great game’: The history of an evocative phrase." Asian Affairs 43.1 (2012): 61-80.