How Long to Read Checkerboards and Shatterbelts

How Long Does it Take to Read Checkerboards and Shatterbelts?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 16 minutes to read Checkerboards and Shatterbelts by Philip Kelly

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Geography has always played a major role in world politics. In this study, Philip Kelly maps the geopolitics of South America, a continent where relative isolation from the power centers in North America and Eurasia and often forbidding internal terrain have given rise to a fascinating and unique geopolitical structure. Kelly uses the geographical concepts of "checkerboards" and "shatterbelts" to characterize much of South America's geopolitics and to explain why the continent has never been unified nor dominated by a single nation. This approach accounts for both historical relationships among South American countries and for such current situations as Brazil's inability to extend its authority across the continent from Atlantic to Pacific, its traditional competition with Argentina, its territorial expansion toward the continental heartlands, its encirclement by neighbors fearful of such expansion, and its recent rapprochement with Argentina. An important component of this book is the incorporation of the thinking and writing of South American geopolitical analysts, which leads to an interesting inventory of viewpoints on frontier conflicts, territorial expansion, industrial development, economic cooperation, and United States and European relations. Kelly's findings will be important reading for geographers, political scientists, and students and scholars of Latin American history.

How long is Checkerboards and Shatterbelts?

Checkerboards and Shatterbelts by Philip Kelly is 253 pages long, and a total of 64,009 words.

This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Checkerboards and Shatterbelts Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Checkerboards and Shatterbelts aloud.

What Reading Level is Checkerboards and Shatterbelts?

Checkerboards and Shatterbelts is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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