ABSTRACT
One of the most recent branches on the geographical tree is that known as geopolitics. It was one of the chief features of the Nazi propaganda, and naturally was much discussed by other nations in the attempt to prove that the German arguments were in large part unsound. Many definitions of geopolitics have been published, of which the following is typical. ‘Geopolitics is the science of the earth relationships of political processes, it is based on Political Geography, and views “space” from the standpoint of the “state”.’ In the extreme German form it considers the state as a necessarily expanding organism, in which the individual is entirely subordinated to this organic state, which is to be aided in its growth by all the powers of the military and civilian population.
