Synopses & Reviews
This detailed study is the first complete attempt to describe the vulnerability of minerals of strategic importance to the United States. It determines not only which are the primary strategic minerals, but what risks are involved in obtaining them from current sources and transporting them by current routes. Anderson first surveys which nations the United States is dependent upon for its strategic minerals and then turns to an analysis of the total global strategic mineral infrastructure.
About the Author
EWAN W. ANDERSON lectures in the Department of Georgraphy, University of Durham, England. He is also a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and York.
Table of Contents
The Strategic Minerals Problem: Introduction
Strategic Minerals: Dependence
Strategic Minerals: Sources
Strategic Minerals: Trade Routes
Global Threats and Possible Responses
The Strategic Minerals Problem: Summary