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"Who rules the Heartland rules the World Island. Who rules the World Island commands the world." So wrote geography professor and occasional member of Parliament Halford Mackinder in his 1919 book "Democratic Ideals and Reality."

"Who rules the Heartland rules the World Island. Who rules the World Island commands the world." So wrote geography professor and occasional member of Parliament Halford Mackinder in his 1919 book "Democratic Ideals and Reality."

"Who rules the Heartland rules the World Island. Who rules the World Island commands the world." So wrote the geography professor and occasional member of Parliament Halford Mackinder in his

"Who rules the Heartland rules the World Island. Who rules the World Island commands the world." So wrote the geography professor and occasional member of Parliament Halford Mackinder in his 1919 book "Democratic Ideals and Reality."

"Who rules the Heartland rules the World Island. Who rules the World Island commands the world." So wrote the geography professor and occasional member of Parliament Halford Mackinder in his 1919 book "Democratic Ideals and Reality."

Eclipsed by the more popular Saint Patrick, Gertrude of Nivelles is also celebrated today, a holy woman who somewhat inexplicably became the patron saint of cats.

Commentary The tragedy of Ukraine is that President Joe Biden’s appeasement and weak response was predictable. He’s turned ...

“Who rules the Heartland rules the World Island. Who rules the World Island commands the world.” So wrote the geography professor and occasional member of Parliament Halford Mackinder in his 1919 book Democratic Ideals and Reality.

Dunkirk evacuation, (1940) in World War II, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the evacuation, which began on May 26. When it ended on June 4, about 198,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops had been saved. The immediate context of the Dunkirk evacuation was Germany’s invasion of the Low Countries and northern Fra...