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Sea power and the Asia-Pacific : the triumph of Neptune? / edited by Geoffrey Till and Patrick C. Bratton.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cass series--naval policy and history ; 47.
- Cass series--naval policy and history, 1366-9478 ; 47
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sea-power--Pacific Area.
- Sea-power.
- Sea-power--Pacific Area--History.
- Navies.
- Naval history.
- History.
- Pacific Area--History, Naval.
- Pacific Area.
- Pacific Area--Strategic aspects.
- Navies--Pacific Area.
- Navies--Asia.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 277 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Summary:
- Political and defense scholars and members of the US Navy place the current status of the Asia-Pacific region into the historical role of sea power in the rise and fall of nations and empires. Their topics include the US as a Pacific power, China's maritime traditions and navy today, India's growing naval power in the Indian Ocean, the sea power and navy of the Republic of Korea, and the British Pacific Fleet and the decline of empire. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction : seapower and the rise and fall of empires / Geoffrey Till
- The United States as a Pacific power / Patrick Bratton
- Maritime power and the Asia Pacific : US Navy perspectives / Kevin R. Johnson
- China : its maritime traditions and navy today / Carl Otis Shuster
- The evolution of the PLA Navy the twin missions of area-denial and peacetime operations / Michael McDevitt and Frederic Vellucci
- Japan' maritime past, present and future / Alessio Patalano
- India's growing naval power : Indian Ocean in focus / Harsh Pant
- Singapore and seapower / Joshua Ho
- The seapower and navy of the Republic of Korea : present and future / Seong Yong Park
- Australia's maritime past, present and future / Andrew Forbes
- British seapower and imperial defence in the Far East : sharing the seas with America / Greg Kennedy
- The British Pacific Fleet and the decline of empire? / Jon Robb-Webb
- Conclusions : transitions and futures / Patrick Bratton and Geoffrey Till.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415609340
- 0415609348
- OCLC:
- 651914370
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