Seapower : A Guide for the Twenty-First Century
Seapower : A Guide for the Twenty-First Century
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Author(s): Till, Geoffrey
ISBN No.: 9780415480888
Pages: 410
Year: 200903
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 187.19
Status: Out Of Print

Foreword by Admiral Sir Jonathon Band KCB ADCList of Figures and TablesPrefaceAbbreviationsCHAPTER 1: SEAPOWER IN A GLOBALISED WORLD : TWO TENDENCIES1.1 Introduction : Seapower and Globalisation.The Security ImplicationsDiffering Conclusions1.2 The Post-modern NavyMissions of the Post-modern Navy1.3 The Modern NavyMissions of the Modern Navy1.4 Modern/Post-modern compromisesCHAPTER 2: DEFINING SEAPOWER2.1 Introduction2.2 The Sea Four Historic Attributes2.


3 The Sea As a Resource2.4 The Sea as a Medium of Transportation and Exchange2.5 The Sea as a Medium for Information and the Spread of ideas2.6 The sea as a Medium for Dominion2.7 Explaining the Secret of Maritime success2.8 Seapower Qualifications and LimitationsCHAPTER 3: WHO SAID WHAT AND WHY IT MATTERS3.1 The Value of Theory in Maritime Operations3.2 On Types of TheoryStrategy and Strategic ThinkingMaritime Strategy: Five QuestionsDoctrine3.


3 The Early Development of Theory3.4 Mahan and the Bluewater TendencyThe influence of Mahan on Seapower3.5 Corbett and the Maritime Tradition3.6 Alternative Visions in Maritime StrategyWar on Commerce/Guerre de CourseCoastal Defence Theory3.7 Operational Art to Modern Maritime Theory3.8 Future ChallengesCHAPTER 4: THE CONSTITUENTS OF MARITIME POWER4.1 Introduction4.2 Identifying the Constituents of Seapower4.


3 Maritime People, Society and Government4.4 Maritime geography4.5 Resources4.6 A Maritime Economy4.7 Seapower by Other Means4.8 DoctrineCHAPTER 5: NAVIES AND TECHNOLOGY5.1 Introduction5.2 Classifying navies5.


3 Estimating Relative Effectiveness5.4 Navies and technology: Introduction5.5 Platforms5.6 Systems, weapons and sensors5.7 An Information Revolution ?5.8 The Challenge of Transformational Technology5.9 A Strategy for Innovation5.10 Navies and technology: Summary and ConclusionsCHAPTER 6: COMMAND OF THE SEA AND SEA CONTROL6.


1 Evolution of a Traditional Concept6.2 Limits and Qualification6.3 Pursuing Command in moderation6.4 Command of the sea Yields to sea control6.5 Sea Denial6.6 Contemporary AnglesCHAPTER 7: SECURING COMMAND OF THE SEA7.1 Securing Command of the sea: The operational Approach7.2 Decisive battle7.


3 Forms and style of Decisive Battle7.4 How To Achieve a Decisive Victory7.5 Modern Forms and Concepts of B7.6 Operational Alternatives to Battle7.7 The fleet-in-Being approach7.8 The Fleet BlockadeCHAPTER 8: EXPLOITING COMMAND OF THE SEA8.1 Maritime Power Projection: Definitions8.2 Maritime Power Projection: Aims8.


3 Amphibious Operations8.4 Operational Manoeuvre From the Sea8.5 Sea-based Missile Attack of the Shore8.6 Defence against Maritime Power Projection8.7 The Attack of Maritime Communications

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