The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives

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Copyright © 1997 by Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Epilogue copyright © 2016 by Zbigniew Brzezinski.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Brzezinski, Zbigniew K., 1928–

The grand chessboard: American primacy and its geostrategic imperatives / Zbigniew Brzezinski.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes index.

1. United States—Foreign relations—1989– 2. Geopolitics—United States—History—20th Century. 3. Geopolitics—History—20th century. 4. World politics—1989–5. Eurasia—Strategic aspects.

I. Title.

E840.B785 1997 97-13812

327.73—dc20 CIP

ISBN: 978-0-465-09308-3 (2016 e-book)

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