Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
by Geoffrey Till
This book examines the large
but neglected topic of the development of maritime power from both an
historical and a contemporary point of view.
Navies
have never been more important than they are now, in a century
becoming, as widely expected, increasingly and profoundly maritime. The
growing competition between China and Russia with the United States
and its allies and partners around the world is essentially sea-based.
The sea is also central to the world's globalised trading system and to
its environmental health. Most current crises are either sea-based or
have a critical maritime element to them. What happens at sea will help
shape our future. Against that background, this book uses both history
and contemporary events to analyse how maritime power and naval
strength has been, and is being, developed. In a reader-friendly way,
it seeks to show what has worked and what has not, and to uncover the
recurring patterns in maritime and naval development which explain
past, present and future success - and failure. It reflects on the
historical experience of all navies, but in particular it poses the
question of whether China is following the same pattern of naval
development illustrated by Britain at the start of the 18th century,
which led to two centuries of naval dominance.
This
book will be of much interest to students of maritime power, naval
studies, and strategic studies, as well as to naval professionals
around the world.
English | 2023 | PDF | 10 MB | 349 Pages
ISBNs: 0367607964, 0367607972, 978-0367607968, 9780367607968, 978-0367607975, 9780367607975, B0B5YLML8R
