World Strategic Highways / Edition 1

by Guy Arnold

Overview

World Strategic Highways provides a detailed examination of approximately 50 of the most important strategic highways in the world. These highways may take the form of roads, railways, rivers and canals, or air and sea routes. They have one thing in common: they are of special significance because, throughout history, they have acted as major trade routes for a number of countries; have military or strategic significance; act to bind a country or countries together; or, in the case of rivers, act as boundaries between two or more countries. They include the Suez and Panama canals, the Rhine and Amazon rivers, the Trans-US Railway, the Khyber Pass and Maputo Corridor, the Silk Road, the Cape sea route and the Pacific sea route. Location maps are provided throughout the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781579580988
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/2000
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Guy Arnold

Table of Contents

I: The Americas; 1: Alaska; 2: Canada: Transcontinental Highways; 3: The St Lawrence Seaway; 4: The Mississippi–Missouri; 5: The Rio Grande; 6: The Panama Canal; 7: The Amazon; 8: The Paraná; II: Europe; 9: The English Channel and the North Sea; 10: The Channel Tunnel; 11: The Rhine; 12: The Danube; 13: The Mediterranean; 14: The Dardanelles and the Black Sea; III: Africa; 15: The Nile; 16: The Niger River; 17: Ethiopia: No Exit; 18: The Congo River; 19: The Zambezi; 20: The TANZAM Railway; 21: Mozambique: Controller of Strategic Highways; 22: The Beira Corridor; 23: The Maputo Corridor and the Trans-Kalahari Highway; 24: The Benguela Railway; 25: The BOTZAM Road; 26: The South African Network; IV: The Middle East; 27: The Suez Canal; 28: The River Jordan; 29: The Tigris–Euphrates River System; 30: The Gulf; V: Russia/Europe/Asia; 31: The Volga; 32: The Trans-Siberian Railway; 33: Russia: Three Giant Rivers, A Future Resource; VI: South Asia; 34: The Khyber Pass; 35: The Indus; 36: The Ganges–Brahmaputra; VII: South-East Asia; 37: The Mekong; 38: Singapore: Strategic City-State; VIII: China; 39: The Yangtze (Chang Jiang); 40: The Yellow River (Huang He); 41: The Silk Road; 42: The Great Wall of China; IX: The World; 43: Landlocked Countries; 44: The International Airways System; 45: The International Drugs Trade

Editorial Reviews

"In a world increasingly dominated by trade and the movement of refugees, these strategic highways are the danger areas of world peace. Guy Arnold and his publishers have produced an interesting and timely book." -- Reference Reviews

From the Publisher

Provides geographical and historical information on roads, railways, rivers and sea passages whose existence and maintenance have a vital bearing upon the economic and security well-being of a country or group of countries. The 45 entries are divided according to geographic regions: the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, and the world. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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