Buffer States in World Politics
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 Review and Theory -- 1. Buffer States: A Geographer's Perspective -- 2. Buffer States: The Issue of Sovereignty -- 3. Southern Africa: Buffer States Without a Conventional Buffer System -- 4. Buffer Systems of Middle America -- Part 2 Region and Country Case Studies -- 5. Eastern Europe: The Buffer Effect of a Cordon Sanitaire -- 6. The Albanian Lands: Continuity and Change in a Buffer Region -- 7. The Geo-Political Demise of Lebanon: Consequences of a Political and Military Buffer -- 8. Asia's Pivotal Buffer States -- 9. The History of Afghanistan As A Buffer State -- 10. Korea, A Buffer State -- 11. Uruguay: The Quintessential Buffer State -- 12. Buffer States: Outlining and Expanding Existing Theory -- About the Contributors -- Index.