Seapower States

Author : Andrew Lambert
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300240900

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“A fascinating geopolitical chronicle . . . A superb survey of the perennial opportunities and risks in what Herman Melville called ‘the watery part of the world.’” —The Wall Street Journal In this volume, one of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states. Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812—winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal—turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as “seapowers” informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size. Lambert demonstrates how creating maritime identities made these states more dynamic, open, and inclusive than their lumbering continental rivals. Only when they forgot this aspect of their identity did these nations begin to decline. Recognizing that the United States and China are modern naval powers—rather than seapowers—is essential to understanding current affairs, as well as the long-term trends in world history. This volume is a highly original “big think” analysis of five states whose success—and eventual failure—is a subject of enduring interest, by a scholar at the top of his game. “An intriguing series of stories of communities thinking seriously about how to stand their own ground when outpowered, how to do so in ways that are consistent with their values, and sometimes how to negotiate the descent from being a great power when the cards just aren’t in their favor any more. These are timely questions.” —Times Higher Education Supplement “Lambert is, without a doubt, the most insightful naval historian writing today.” —The Times

Author : S.G. Gorshkov
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781483285467

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The Sea Power of the State by S.G. Gorshkov Pdf

Admiral Gorshkov has transformed the Soviet fleet into a world sea power for the first time in Russian history. He is Russia's most brilliant naval strategist of all time. He has created the modern Soviet navy. His book examines the main components of sea power among which attention is focused on the naval fleet of the present day, capable of conducting operations and solving strategic tasks in different regions of the world's oceans, together with other branches of the armed forces and independently

Author : Admiral James Stavridis, USN
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780735220607

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Sea Power by Admiral James Stavridis, USN Pdf

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.

Author : Joel J. Sokolsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000263398

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Seapower in the Nuclear Age by Joel J. Sokolsky Pdf

This book, first published in 1991, provides a major analysis of the prelude to the US’s Cold War maritime strategy, showing how NATO’s maritime forces were organised in the period. It examines how the United States Navy and allied navies, particularly the Royal Navy, were incorporated into the Alliance’s nuclear and conventional deterrent forces. It looks at the structure of the main naval commands, the growth of Soviet maritime forces and the impact of the flexible response strategy on NATO’s naval posture in the 1970s. Drawing upon many declassified documents, this account fills an important gap in postwar literature on American seapower and its relation to European security. It also addresses important aspects of NATO strategy and organisation.

Author : Andrew S. Erickson,Lyle J Goldstein,Nan Li
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612511535

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China, the United States, and 21st-Century Sea Power by Andrew S. Erickson,Lyle J Goldstein,Nan Li Pdf

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.

Author : Andrew D. Lambert
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780300230048

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Seapower States by Andrew D. Lambert Pdf

One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812--winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal--turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as "seapowers" informed their actions and enabled them to achieve success disproportionate to their size. Lambert demonstrates how creating maritime identities made these states more dynamic, open, and inclusive than their lumbering continental rivals. Only when they forgot this aspect of their identity did these nations begin to decline. Recognizing that the United States and China are modern naval powers--rather than seapowers--is essential to understanding current affairs, as well as the long-term trends in world history. This volume is a highly original "big think" analysis of five states whose success--and eventual failure--is a subject of enduring interest, by a scholar at the top of his game.

Author : Seth Cropsey
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781594039164

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Seablindness by Seth Cropsey Pdf

The challenges to American security in the Western Pacific, the seas that surround Europe, and the Persian Gulf are growing. At the same time, U.S. military commanders seek more naval forces to protect America's interest in the safe transit of American goods, deterrence in a proliferating world, and the defense of our key allies. At the same time U.S. defense budgets are shrinking. American seapower has not been as small as it is today since before World War I. Unless reversed, U.S. seapower will continue its decline into the indefinite future as politicians ignore the widening gulf between the cost of modernizing and expanding American seapower, and the resources devoted to this most strategic arm of the nation's defense. Seablindness explains the dilemma. It looks at the consequences of neglect including the effect of increased deployments on families, global scenarios set in the immediate future, the views of America's most knowledgeable military officers, the anxious reactions of U.S. allies, and hard facts to show how a lack of political will is dismantling the nation's global reach and with it, our position as the world's great power.

Author : Geoffrey Till
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317219279

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Seapower by Geoffrey Till Pdf

This is the fourth, revised and updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-first Century. The rise of the Chinese and other Asian navies, worsening quarrels over maritime jurisdiction and the United States’ maritime pivot towards the Asia-Pacific region reminds us that the sea has always been central to human development as a source of resources, and as a means of transportation, information-exchange and strategic dominion. It has provided the basis for mankind's prosperity and security, and this is even more true in the early twenty-first century, with the emergence of an increasingly globalised world trading system. Navies have always provided a way of policing, and sometimes exploiting, the system. In contemporary conditions, navies, and other forms of maritime power, are having to adapt, in order to exert the maximum power ashore in the company of others and to expand the range of their interests, activities and responsibilities. While these new tasks are developing fast, traditional ones still predominate. Deterrence remains the first duty of today’s navies, backed up by the need to ‘fight and win’ if necessary. How navies and their states balance these two imperatives will tell us a great deal about our future in this increasingly maritime century. This book investigates the consequences of all this for the developing nature, composition and functions of all the world's significant navies, and provides a guide for anyone interested in the changing and crucial role of seapower in the twenty-first century. Seapower is essential reading for all students of naval power, maritime security and naval history, and highly recommended for students of strategic studies, international security and international relations.

Author : Peter Dutton,Robert Ross,Øystein Tunsjø
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136316968

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Twenty-First Century Seapower by Peter Dutton,Robert Ross,Øystein Tunsjø Pdf

This book offers an assessment of the naval policies of emerging naval powers, and the implications for maritime security relations and the global maritime order. Since the end of the Cold War, China, Japan, India and Russia have begun to challenge the status quo with the acquisition of advanced naval capabilities. The emergence of rising naval powers is a cause for concern, as the potential for great power instability is exacerbated by the multiple maritime territorial disputes among new and established naval powers. This work explores the underlying sources of maritime ambition through an analysis of various historical cases of naval expansionism. It analyses both the sources and dynamics of international naval competition, and looks at the ways in which maritime stability and the widespread benefits of international commerce and maritime resource extraction can be sustained through the twenty-first century. This book will be of much interest to students of naval power, Asian security and politics, strategic studies, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Summary of Andrew Lambert's Seapower States by Milkyway Media Pdf

Get the Summary of Andrew Lambert's Seapower States in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Seapower States" explores the historical development and strategic significance of maritime powers in the context of global politics and commerce. The book traces the origins of seapower to ancient coastal communities that relied on the sea for trade, leading to the creation of inclusive governments and naval forces to protect economic interests. Maritime societies like Athens and Carthage prioritized exploration and commerce over territorial conquest, contrasting with land empires...

Author : C. Bell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230599239

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The Royal Navy, Seapower and Strategy between the Wars by C. Bell Pdf

This revisionist study shows how the Royal Navy's ideas about the meaning and application of seapower shaped its policies during the years between the wars. It examines the navy's ongoing struggle with the Treasury for funds, the real meaning of the 'one power standard', naval strategies for war with the United States, Japan, Germany and Italy, the influence of Mahan, the role of the navy in peacetime, and the use of propaganda to influence the British public.

Author : Eric Grove
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000371048

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The Future of Sea Power by Eric Grove Pdf

This book, first published in 1990, presents a fundamental reassessment of maritime strategy. It analyses the lessons of twentieth-century naval warfare and examines in detail the changing face of naval warfare, both in terms of the weapons used and the platforms from which they are launched and controlled. It looks at the evolving uses of the seas, both economic and military, and sets sea power against the developing world environment, political, legal and economic, discussing those factors that stimulate nations to exert power at sea and those that limit their naval capabilities. It also develops a theoretical framework for future thinking about maritime strategy and forces, revises and updates Mahan’s classical analysis of the foundations of sea power, and discusses thinking about naval tasks.

Author : Jeremy Stocker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04
Category : Admirals
ISBN : 0367531283

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Architects of Continental Seapower by Jeremy Stocker Pdf

This book compares two key figures of twentieth-century naval and strategic history, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei Gorshkov.

Author : Elmer Belmont Potter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Naval history
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120337634

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The United States and World Sea Power by Elmer Belmont Potter Pdf

Author : George W. Baer
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1996-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0804727945

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One Hundred Years of Sea Power by George W. Baer Pdf

A navy is a state's main instrument of maritime force. What it should do, what doctrine it holds, what ships it deploys, and how it fights are determined by practical political and military choices in relation to national needs. Choices are made according to the state's goals, perceived threat, maritime opportunity, technological capabilities, practical experience, and, not the least, the way the sea service defines itself and its way of war. This book is a history of the modern U.S. Navy. It explains how the Navy, in the century after 1890, was formed and reformed in the interaction of purpose, experience, and doctrine.