Sea Power

Sea Power

Author: Admiral James Stavridis, USN

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2018-06-05

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0735220611

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From one of the most admired admirals of his generation—and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO—comes a remarkable voyage through all of the world’s most important bodies of water, providing the story of naval power as a driver of human history and a crucial element in our current geopolitical path. From the time of the Greeks and the Persians clashing in the Mediterranean, sea power has determined world power. To an extent that is often underappreciated, it still does. No one understands this better than Admiral Jim Stavridis. In Sea Power, Admiral Stavridis takes us with him on a tour of the world’s oceans from the admiral’s chair, showing us how the geography of the oceans has shaped the destiny of nations, and how naval power has in a real sense made the world we live in today, and will shape the world we live in tomorrow. Not least, Sea Power is marvelous naval history, giving us fresh insight into great naval engagements from the battles of Salamis and Lepanto through to Trafalgar, the Battle of the Atlantic, and submarine conflicts of the Cold War. It is also a keen-eyed reckoning with the likely sites of our next major naval conflicts, particularly the Arctic Ocean, Eastern Mediterranean, and the South China Sea. Finally, Sea Power steps back to take a holistic view of the plagues to our oceans that are best seen that way, from piracy to pollution. When most of us look at a globe, we focus on the shape of the of the seven continents. Admiral Stavridis sees the shapes of the seven seas. After reading Sea Power, you will too. Not since Alfred Thayer Mahan’s legendary The Influence of Sea Power upon History have we had such a powerful reckoning with this vital subject.


The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future

The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future

Author: Alfred Thayer Mahan

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2020-12-08

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13:

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"The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future" is a collection of essays written by Alfred T. Mahan, a decorated United States naval officer, and historian. In this book the author details the role of sea power and discusses the various factors required by United States in order to achieve sea power. The book contains following essays: The United States Looking Outward Hawaii and Our Future Sea Power The Isthmus and Sea Power Possibilities of an Anglo-American Reunion The Future in Relation to American Naval Power Preparedness for Naval War A Twentieth-Century Outlook Strategic Features of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico


China, the United States, and 21st-Century Sea Power

China, the United States, and 21st-Century Sea Power

Author: Andrew S. Erickson

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 1612511538

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China’s reaction to the United States’ new maritime strategy will significantly impact its success, according to three Naval War College professors. Based on the premise that preventing wars is as important as winning wars, this new U.S. strategy, they explain, embodies a historic reassessment of the international system and how the United States can best pursue its interests in cooperation with other nations. The authors contend that despite recent turbulence in U.S.-China military relations, substantial shared interests could enable extensive U.S.-China maritime security cooperation, as they attempt to reach an understanding of “competitive coexistence.” But for professionals to structure cooperation, they warn, Washington and Beijing must create sufficient political and institutional space.


Mahan, Corbett, and the Foundations of Naval Strategic Thought

Mahan, Corbett, and the Foundations of Naval Strategic Thought

Author: Kevin D McCranie

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Published: 2021-02-15

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1682475751

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At the turn of the twentieth century, Alfred Thayer Mahan and Julian Stafford Corbett emerged as foundational thinkers on naval strategy and maritime power. Important in their lifetimes, their writings remain relevant in the contemporary environment. The significance of Corbett and Mahan to modern naval strategy seems beyond question, but too often their theories are simplified or used without a real understanding of their fundamental bases.Labeling a strategy, operation, or even a navy “Mahanian” or “Corbettian” tells very little. Mahan, Corbett, and the Foundations of Naval Strategic Thought provides an in-depth introduction and a means to stimulate discussion about the theories of Mahan and Corbett. Although there is no substitute for opening the actual writings of Mahan and Corbett, this requires time, not just to read but most importantly to understand how states exploit the sea in the strategic sense. Mahan, Corbett, and the Foundations of Naval Strategic Thought takes the reader from their grand strategic foundations of sea power and maritime strategy, through their ideas about naval warfare and strategy, to how Mahan and Corbett thought a navy should integrate with other instruments of national power, and finally, to how they thought states with powerful navies win wars. This window into naval strategy provides twenty-first-century readers an understanding of what navies can and perhaps more importantly cannot do in the international environment.


The Attacking Ocean

The Attacking Ocean

Author: Brian Fagan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2014-08-19

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1608196941

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A history of climate change describes the dramatic evolution and stabilization of the oceans before the rise of humans approximately 6,000 years ago, tracing a significant rise in global temperatures since 1860 and how a rising sea level is affecting world populations.