Compass of the World: A Symposium on Political GeographyMacmillan, 1944 - 466 pages Contents include: W.A.M. Burden "American air transport faces north"; G.B. Cressey "Siberia's role in Soviet strategy"; A.J. Dimond "The Aleutians"; G.B. Grosvenor "The northward course of aviation"; W.A. Pratt "Petroleum in the north"; E.C. Ropes "The Soviet arctic and the future"; V. Stefansson "The North American arctic" and "Arctic supply line." |
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NEW DIRECTIONS AND SKYWAYS | 74 |
REFLECTIONS ON THE HEARTLAND | 148 |
CHAPTER V REFLECTIONS ON ASIA | 374 |
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