In 1919 Halford Mackinder was appointed British High Commissioner to South Russia and was sent across Eastern Europe to investigate the state of the Russian civil war. Mackinder prophesied very early that a Russia under Bolshevism would make the world “an uncomfortable place for democracies” and advanced a plan to the British Cabinet with the aim of creating new states and establishing a stable order in Eastern Europe.
A plan to make Russia safe for the world
A plan to make Russia safe for the world
A plan to make Russia safe for the world
In 1919 Halford Mackinder was appointed British High Commissioner to South Russia and was sent across Eastern Europe to investigate the state of the Russian civil war. Mackinder prophesied very early that a Russia under Bolshevism would make the world “an uncomfortable place for democracies” and advanced a plan to the British Cabinet with the aim of creating new states and establishing a stable order in Eastern Europe.