Strategic Minerals: The Geopolitical Problems for the United States

by Ewan W. Anderson

Overview

This detailed study is the first complete attempt to describe the vulnerability of minerals of strategic importance to the United States. It determines not only which are the primary strategic minerals, but what risks are involved in obtaining them from current sources and transporting them by current routes. Anderson first surveys which nations the United States is dependent upon for its strategic minerals and then turbans to an analysis of the total global strategic mineral infrastructure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275930622
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/19/1988
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

EWAN W. ANDERSON lectures in the Department of Georgraphy, University of Durham, England. He is also a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and York.

Table of Contents

The Strategic Minerals Problem: Introduction
Strategic Minerals: Dependence
Strategic Minerals: Sources
Strategic Minerals: Trade Routes
Global Threats and Possible Responses
The Strategic Minerals Problem: Summary

Editorial Reviews

Anderson (geography, U. of Durham, UK) begins with a look at which nations the US is dependent upon for its strategic minerals. He then turns to an examination and analysis of the total global strategic minerals infrastructure. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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