Partial table of contents:; The Field of Political Geography; Personal Space and Territoriality; THE STATE; Modern Theories About States; Core Areas and Capitals; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY WITHIN THE STATE; First Order Civil Divisions; Indigenous Peoples; GEOPOLITICS; Contemporary Geopolitics; The Geography of War and Peace; IMPERIALISM, COLONIALISM, AND DECOLONIZATION; Colonial Empires; The Aftermath of Colonialism; CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; International Law; Outlaws and Merchants of Death; OUR LAST FRONTIERS; The Law of the Sea; Outer Space; THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EVERYDAY LIFE; The Politics of Transportation and Communications; The Politics of Ecology, Energy, and Land Use; LOOKING AHEAD; Political Geography for the Future; Indexes.