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02361aam a2200421 i 4500 001 7B18AD0CB85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161202010137 008 160531s2016 mduab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016018579 020 $a 1442266678 020 $a 9781442266674 035 $a (OCoLC)951017880 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a e-uk--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a D761 $b .F55 2016 082 00 $a 940.54/21421 $2 23 100 1 $a Flint, Colin, $d 1965- $e author. 245 10 $a Geopolitical constructs : $b the Mulberry Harbours, World War Two, and the making of a militarized transatlantic / $c Colin Flint. 246 30 $a Mulberry Harbours, World War Two, and the making of a militarized transatlantic 264 1 $a Lanham, Maryland : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2016] 300 $a xii, 213 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: the Mulberry Harbours and ways to think about war -- Geopolitical constructs: understanding global geopolitical change -- The scope of the Mulberry Harbour project: demanded by strategy, made by committee -- Bureaucratic constructs: "Millions spent on a plan which had not been approved" -- Good geopolitical constructs: "Did we, sir, do well?" -- The business of making the Mulberry Harbours: "War may be an intensification in the development of our lives? -- Making places: "You are probably aware that a scheme has been prepared" -- Making regions: from "bridge" to "unsinkable aircraft carrier" -- Conclusion: the legacies of geopolitical constructs. 650 0 $a Mulberry harbors. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Normandy. $z Normandy. 650 0 $a Geopolitics $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Military planning $z Great Britain $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Military planning $z United States $v Case studies. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Amphibious operations. 651 0 $a United States. 651 0 $a Great Britain. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Flint, Colin, 1965- author. $t Geopolitical constructs $d Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] $z 9781442266681 $w (DLC) 2016025473 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161202014102.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7B18AD0CB85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search