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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. A Research Agenda for Military Geographies explores how military activities and phenomena are shaped by geography, and how geographies are in turn shaped by military practices. A variety of future research agendas are mapped out, examining the questions faced by geographers when studying the military and its effects. Bringing together chapters from leading contributors, this Research Agenda explores a range of geographical places, spaces, environments and landscapes, examining peoples' experiences of the military in a variety of contexts. Chapters investigate key topics from armed conflict to its aftermath, as well as the study of the economic, social, political and cultural practices that make war possible. Providing interdisciplinary insights to military geography issues in European, North American, African and Asian contexts, this timely book sets out key areas of scholarship for discussion. Advanced students of critical geography and geopolitics studies as well as military studies, will greatly appreciate the suggestions for future research that sits at the heart of the book. Human geographers more broadly will find this a useful read in analysing the interdependent relationships between the military and place and space.

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Author:   Rachel Woodward
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781786438867

ISBN 10:   1786438860
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   10 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Introduction: a research agenda for military geography Rachel Woodward 2. Approaches to researching and teaching military geography Andrew D. Lohman and Christopher Fuhriman 3. Geography, genocide and global militarism: an agenda for the 21st century James Tyner and Gordon A. Cromley 4. Geographies of nuclear warfare: future spaces, zones and technologies Becky Alexis-Martin 5. More blue, less green: considering what an aerial perspective can bring to military geography research Alison J. Williams 6. Bad things happen in the desert: mapping security regimes in the West African Sahel and the `problem' of arid spaces Brittany Meche 7. Researching the intersections between war, law and military geography Craig Jones 8. Military geoeconomics: money, finance and war Emily Gilbert 9. Towards an everyday military geography: materialities, actors, practices Chih Yuan Woon 10. Spirituality and African military geography: soldiers' deployments Edmore Chitukutuku and Godfrey Maringira 11. The geographies of military masculinities: a feminist research agenda Matthew Kearns 12. Encountering the `lively' in military theatre Alice Cree 13. Confounding restoration: environmental politics and ecology in militarized landscapes David Havlick 14. Exploring post military geographies: Plymouth and the spatialities of Armed Forces Day Matthew F. Rech and Richard Yarwood Index

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‘Fans of military geography have earned a unique addition to the bookshelf in the past year. This book brings with it significant news in two different ways. First, it compiles an impressive collection of fourteen articles in the field of military geography, from different writers, different countries and different disciplines. Second, and even more significant, the book outlines an innovative and fascinating perspective on the direction in which military geography should develop.’ -- Yuval Knaan, Geography Research Forum ‘At once an inventory, history and programme for military geography, this collection will appeal to all scholars with a critical interest in militarism, war and alternatives to them. And for any geographers who consider their studies as unconcerned with military matters, it is an invitation to think again.’ -- James D Sidaway, National University of Singapore 'At once an inventory, history and programme for military geography, this collection will appeal to all scholars with a critical interest in militarism, war and alternatives to them. And for any geographers who consider their studies as unconcerned with military matters, it is an invitation to think again.' --James D Sidaway, National University of Singapore'Assembled by perhaps the most pivotal figure in the geographic study of militaries and militarisation, these chapters offer provocative reflections and myriad lines of flight for future inquiry. The varied and exciting contributions, including those from several junior scholars, signal both the promise and the significance of the field.' --Matthew Farish, University of Toronto, Canada

'At once an inventory, history and programme for military geography, this collection will appeal to all scholars with a critical interest in militarism, war and alternatives to them. And for any geographers who consider their studies as unconcerned with military matters, it is an invitation to think again.' -- James D Sidaway, National University of Singapore 'Assembled by perhaps the most pivotal figure in the geographic study of militaries and militarisation, these chapters offer provocative reflections and myriad lines of flight for future inquiry. The varied and exciting contributions, including those from several junior scholars, signal both the promise and the significance of the field.' -- Matthew Farish, University of Toronto, Canada

`At once an inventory, history and programme for military geography, this collection will appeal to all scholars with a critical interest in militarism, war and alternatives to them. And for any geographers who consider their studies as unconcerned with military matters, it is an invitation to think again.' -- James D Sidaway, National University of Singapore `Assembled by perhaps the most pivotal figure in the geographic study of militaries and militarisation, these chapters offer provocative reflections and myriad lines of flight for future inquiry. The varied and exciting contributions, including those from several junior scholars, signal both the promise and the significance of the field.' -- Matthew Farish, University of Toronto, Canada

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Edited by Rachel Woodward, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, UK

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