Seapower : a guide for the twenty-first century / Geoffrey Till.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Till, Geoffrey.

Series:

Cass series--naval policy and history 1366-9478 ; 23.

Cass series--naval policy and history, 1366-9478 ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea-power.

Physical Description:

xvi, 430 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Sea power

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2004.

Contents:

1 The Sea and Seapower 1

1.1 International Relations: Cooperation and Conflict 1

1.2 Defining Seapower 2

1.3 The Sea: Four Historic Attributes 6

1.4 The Sea as a Resource 7

1.5 The Sea as a Medium of Transportation and Exchange 8

1.6 The Sea as a Medium for Information and the Spread of Ideas 12

1.7 The Sea as a Medium for Dominion 15

1.8 Explaining the Secret of Maritime Success 18

1.9 Seapower: Qualifications and Limitations 23

2 Who Said What and Why it Matters 25

2.1 The Value of Theory in Maritime Operations 25

2.2 On Types of Theory 27

2.3 The Early Development of Theory 35

2.4 Mahan and the Blue-water Tendency 39

2.5 Corbett and the Maritime Tradition 46

2.6 Alternative Visions in Maritime Strategy 59

2.7 Operational Art and Modern Maritime Theory 66

2.8 Future Challenges 74

3 The Constituents of Seapower 76

3.2 Identifying the Constituents of Seapower 77

3.3 Population, Society and Government 77

3.4 Maritime Geography 83

3.6 A Maritime Economy 96

3.7 Seapower by Other Means 103

3.8 Doctrine 111

4 Navies and Technology 113

4.2 Classifying Navies 113

4.3 Estimating Relative Effectiveness 116

4.4 Navies and Technology: An Introduction 120

4.5 Platforms 121

4.6 Systems, Weapons and Sensors 128

4.7 An Information Revolution? 130

4.8 The Challenge of Transformational Technology 136

4.9 A Strategy for Innovation 138

4.10 Navies and Technology: Summary and Conclusions 146

5 Command of the Sea 148

5.1 Evolution of a Traditional Concept 148

5.2 Limits and Qualifications 149

5.3 Pursuing Command in Moderation 154

5.4 Command of the Sea Yields to Sea Control 155

5.5 Sea Denial 157

5.6 Contemporary Angles 159

6 Securing Command of the Sea 162

6.1 Securing Command of the Sea: The Operational Approach 162

6.2 Decisive Battle 163

6.3 Forms and Styles of Decisive Battle 169

6.4 How to Achieve a Decisive Victory 173

6.5 Modern Forms and Concepts of Battle 177

6.6 Operational Alternatives to Battle 180

6.7 The Fleet-in-Being Approach 180

6.8 The Fleet Blockade 186

7 Exploiting Command of the Sea 193

7.1 Maritime Power Projection: Definitions 193

7.2 Maritime Power Projection: Aims 195

7.3 Amphibious Operations 199

7.4 Operational Manoeuvre from the Sea 208

7.5 Sea-Based Strategic Missile Attack of the Shore 214

7.6 Defence Against Maritime Power Projection 216

7.7 The Attack on Maritime Communications 223

7.8 The Defence of Maritime Communications 229

8 Expeditionary Operations 235

8.1 Origins and Background 235

8.3 The Political Dimension 238

8.4 The Urban Dimension 241

8.5 General Demands on the Military 242

8.6 The Maritime Dimension 245

8.7 Staging a Sea-Based Expedition: The Maritime Requirements 250

8.9 A Humanitarian Postscript 269

9 Naval Diplomacy 271

9.1 Coverage of Naval Diplomacy in the Literature: Who Said What? 271

9.2 The Diplomatic Value of Naval Power 273

9.3 The Range and Extent of Naval Diplomacy 276

9.4 Naval Presence 277

9.5 Naval Picture-Building 284

9.6 Naval Coercion 285

9.7 Coalition-Building 298

9.8 Naval Diplomacy: Implications for Strategy-Makers 303

10 Good Order at Sea 310

10.1 Introduction: Order and Disorder 310

10.2 The Sea as a Resource 311

10.3 The Sea as a Means of Transportation 314

10.4 The Sea as a Means of Gaining and Exchanging Information 325

10.5 The Sea as an Area of Dominion 327

10.6 The Sea as an Environment 329

10.7 The Need for Good Order at Sea 333

10.8 Increasing Maritime Awareness 334

10.9 Developing Maritime Policy 337

10.10 Developing Integrated Maritime Governance 338

10.11 Policy Implementation: The Navy-Coastguard Spectrum 342

10.12 Implications for Navies 349

11 Future Seapower 351

11.2 The Sea as a Resource 351

11.3 The Sea as a Medium for Transportation and Exchange 352

11.4 The Sea as a Medium of Information and the Spread of Ideas 353

11.5 The Result: A Global Maritime System 353

11.6 A System Under Threat 354

11.7 The Sea, Dominion and Sovereignty 355

11.8 Defending the Maritime System 357

11.9 A Maritime Consortium as the Basis for Action 361

11.10 The Future of Seapower 367

11.11 Naval Force Development in the Twenty-First Century 376.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-411) and index.

ISBN:

0714655422

0714684368

OCLC:

52509591