The editors of this collection preface the selected readings with incredibly subjective analyses that are not only internally inconsistent, but betray an inability to distinguish geopolitics from ideology. Written from the point of view of "critical geopolitics," the analyses are at times little more than a caricature of constructivist scholarship. The editors consistently point to the "discourse" of classical geopolitics as indicative of hidden agendas of policymakers; yet, the blatant bias of the editorial discussions does exactly the same thing. Some of the selections are well chosen, but too often the editors choose their own work (the height of academic arrogance) instead of far more important documents. For example, not even a snippet of NSC-68 appears, yet there are two articles by one of the editors in the section on geopolitics in the Cold War. In short, this is useful primarily as an example of how not to edit a reader. Absolutely terrible. - CWSherrill