...intrigue or ambition — wars in which the personal element was often fhe predominant factor — tend to be replaced by Frontier wars, ie wars arising out...and irreconcilable collision with those of another. independent States between Prussia and her Rhenish provinces, had brought her up to the doors of France....

...attention to the particular problem of frontiers. Consciously following Mackinder, Curzon referred to "wars arising out of the expansion of states and kingdoms,...into sharp and irreconcilable collision with those of another."58 In a passage also very reminiscent of both Malthus and Mackinder, he argued that "with...

...intrigue or ambition — wars in which the personal element was often the predominant factor — tend to be replaced by Frontier wars, ie, wars arising...and irreconcilable collision with those of another. Lord Curzon, 1<)O~J Sharing the common vision of their regional cooperation as a part of the integration...