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How to Grow a Navy
The Development of Maritime Power
Häftad, 2022
637 kr
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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 …
Seapower
A Guide for the Twenty-First Century
Häftad, 2026
797 kr
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This is the 5th, revised and updated, edition of Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century.The sea has always provided the basis for mankind's prosperity and security. With the emergence of an increasingly globalised world trading system in the early part of the 21st century, this became ever …
Secret War Against Sweden
US and British Submarine Deception in the 1980s
Av Ola Tunander
Häftad, 2004
937 kr
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Following the stranding of a Soviet Whiskey-class submarine in 1981 on the Swedish archipelago, a series of massive submarine intrusions took place within Swedish waters.However, the evidence for these appears to have been manipulated or simply invented. Classified documents and interviews point to …
Navies in Multipolar Worlds
From the Age of Sail to the Present
Häftad, 2022
692 kr
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Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previous eras of multipolarity grappled with similar challenges.The book follows the theme of multipolarity by analysing a wide range of historical and …
Secret War Against Sweden
US and British Submarine Deception in the 1980s
Av Ola Tunander
Inbunden, 2004
3067 kr
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Following the stranding of a Soviet Whiskey-class submarine in 1981 on the Swedish archipelago, a series of massive submarine intrusions took place within Swedish waters.However, the evidence for these appears to have been manipulated or simply invented. Classified documents and interviews point to …
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Navy in the Baltic 1921-1941
Inbunden, 2005
2513 kr
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This book, based on extensive work in Russian archives, investigates how strategy, organisational rivalry and cultural factors came to shape naval developments in the Soviet Union, up to the invasion of 1941. Focussing on the Baltic Fleet, the author shows how the perceived balance of power in …
India-China Maritime Competition
The Security Dilemma at Sea
Av Rajesh Basrur, Anit Mukherjee m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2312 kr
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This edited volume critically examines the concept of the “security dilemma” and applies it to India–China maritime competition. Though frequently employed in academic discussion and popular commentary on the Sino-Indian relationship, the term has rarely been critically analysed. The volume …
How to Grow a Navy
The Development of Maritime Power
Inbunden, 2022
2588 kr
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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 …
Austro-Hungarian Naval Policy, 1904-1914
Av Milan Vego
Inbunden, 1996
2588 kr
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This unique and comprehensive account describes the interplay of internal and external factors in the emergence of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from a coastal defence force in 1904 to a respectable battle force capable of the joint operations with other Triple Alliance fleets in the Mediterranean by …
Exercising Control of the Sea
Theory and Practice
Av Milan Vego
Häftad, 2022
712 kr
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This book explains both the strategic and the operational aspects of exercising control of the sea.The struggle for sea control consists of three mutually related and overlapping phases: obtaining, maintaining and exercising sea control. It is in the phase of exercising sea control when one’s …
Operational Warfare at Sea
Theory and Practice
Av Milan Vego
Häftad, 2020
817 kr
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This work explains and critically examines the main theoretical aspects of operational warfare at sea. It utilizes diverse examples from naval history, ranging from the ancient era to the present day, to offer a comprehensive description and analysis of the key components of operational warfare at …
Maritime Strategy and Sea Denial
Theory and Practice
Av Milan Vego
Häftad, 2020
742 kr
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This book focuses on the theory and practice of maritime strategy and operations by the weaker powers at sea.Illustrated by examples from naval and military history, the book explains and analyzes the strategies of the weaker side at sea in both peacetime and wartime; in defense versus offense; the …
Naval Blockades and Seapower
Strategies and Counter-Strategies, 1805-2005
Av Bruce A. Elleman, S.C.M. Paine
Inbunden, 2005
2588 kr
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This new collection of scholarly, readable, and up-to-date essays covers the most significant naval blockades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Here the reader can find Napoleon’s Continental Blockade of England, the Anglo-American War of 1812, the Crimean War, the American Civil War, the …
Chinese Maritime Power in the 21st Century
Strategic Planning, Policy and Predictions
Av Hu Bo
Inbunden, 2019
2588 kr
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This book analyses China’s maritime strategy for the 21st century, integrating strategic planning, policy thinking and strategic prediction.This book explains the construction and application of China's military, political, economic and diplomatic means for building maritime power, and predicts the …
Exercising Control of the Sea
Theory and Practice
Av Milan Vego
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
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This book explains both the strategic and the operational aspects of exercising control of the sea.The struggle for sea control consists of three mutually related and overlapping phases: obtaining, maintaining and exercising sea control. It is in the phase of exercising sea control when one’s …
Navies in Multipolar Worlds
From the Age of Sail to the Present
Inbunden, 2020
2588 kr
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Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previous eras of multipolarity grappled with similar challenges.The book follows the theme of multipolarity by analysing a wide range of historical and …
India-China Maritime Competition
The Security Dilemma at Sea
Av Rajesh Basrur, Anit Mukherjee m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
663 kr
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This edited volume critically examines the concept of the “security dilemma” and applies it to India–China maritime competition. Though frequently employed in academic discussion and popular commentary on the Sino-Indian relationship, the term has rarely been critically analysed. The volume …
Chinese Maritime Power in the 21st Century
Strategic Planning, Policy and Predictions
Av Hu Bo
Häftad, 2021
742 kr
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This book analyses China’s maritime strategy for the 21st century, integrating strategic planning, policy thinking and strategic prediction.This book explains the construction and application of China's military, political, economic and diplomatic means for building maritime power, and predicts the …
US Naval Strategy and National Security
The Evolution of American Maritime Power
Häftad, 2019
692 kr
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This book examines US naval strategy and the role of American seapower over three decades, from the late 20th century to the early 21st century. This study uses the concept of seapower as a framework to explain the military and political application of sea power and naval force for the United …
Modern Maritime Piracy
Genesis, Evolution and Responses
Häftad, 2019
742 kr
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This book examines the complex phenomena of modern maritime piracy.The work offers a cutting-edge analysis of modern maritime piracy in the two most pirate-prone regions – southeast Asia and northeast Africa – from the late twentieth century to the modern day. These case studies present a detailed …
Royal Navy and Maritime Power in the Twentieth Century
Av Ian Speller
Inbunden, 2004
2513 kr
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This book adopts an innovative new approach to examine the role of maritime power and the utility of navies. It uses a number of case studies based upon key Royal Navy operations in the twentieth century to draw out enduring principles about maritime power and to examine the strengths and …
Greek Naval Strategy and Policy 1910-1919
Inbunden, 2005
2588 kr
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A sharp analysis of Greek naval history in the 1910s, a time when the importance of its geographic position and its navy increased greatly. It explains the causes of these developments and their consequences for Greek national aims, the Mediterranean naval situation and the Balkan balance of power. …
Empire, Technology and Seapower
Royal Navy crisis in the age of Palmerston
Inbunden, 2013
2588 kr
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This book examines British naval diplomacy from the end of the Crimean War to the American Civil War, showing how the mid-Victorian Royal Navy suffered serious challenges during the period.Many recent works have attempted to depict the mid-Victorian Royal Navy as all-powerful, innovative, and even …
Educating the Royal Navy
18th and 19th Century Education for Officers
Inbunden, 2007
2828 kr
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This volume provides the first comprehensive history of education and training for officers of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It covers the development of educational provision, from the first 1702 Order in Council appointing schoolmasters to serve in operational …
Royal Navy and Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1917-49
Inbunden, 2005
2588 kr
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An essential new account of how anti-submarine warfare is conducted, with a focus on both historic and present-day operations. This new book shows how until 1944 U-boats operated as submersible torpedo craft which relied heavily on the surface for movement and charging their batteries. This pattern …
Navies in Northern Waters
Av Rolf Hobson, Tom Kristiansen
Häftad, 2006
885 kr
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Navies in Northern Waters is a collection of articles covering the roles played by the secondary navies of northern European powers and the United States within the maritime balance of power. The contributions covering the 18th and 19th centuries focus on their relations with each other as they …
Royal Navy Strategy in the Far East 1919-1939
Planning for War Against Japan
Av Andrew Field
Häftad, 2006
772 kr
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Between the ending of the Great War and the start of the Second World War in 1939, the Royal Navy remained the largest in the world. But with the League of Nations seeming to offer a solution to all future conflicts, a country weary of war and without an obvious enemy there seemed no need for a …
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Navy in the Baltic 1921-1941
Häftad, 2006
772 kr
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This book, based on extensive work in Russian archives, investigates how strategy, organisational rivalry and cultural factors came to shape naval developments in the Soviet Union, up to the invasion of 1941. Focussing on the Baltic Fleet, the author shows how the perceived balance of power in …
Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland
The Question of Fire Control
Av John Brooks
Häftad, 2006
772 kr
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This new book reviews critically recent studies of fire control, and describes the essentials of naval gunnery in the dreadnought era.With a foreword by Professor Andrew Lambert, it shows how, in 1913, the Admiralty rejected Arthur Pollen's Argo system for the Dreyer fire control tables. Many naval …
Naval Blockades and Seapower
Strategies and Counter-Strategies, 1805-2005
Av Bruce A. Elleman, S.C.M. Paine
Häftad, 2007
937 kr
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This new collection of scholarly, readable, and up-to-date essays covers the most significant naval blockades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Here the reader can find Napoleon’s Continental Blockade of England, the Anglo-American War of 1812, the Crimean War, the American Civil War, the …
