Toward a new maritime strategy : American naval thinking in the post-Cold War era / Peter D. Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haynes, Peter D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval strategy--History--20th century.

Naval strategy.

Naval strategy--History--21st century.

Sea-power--United States--History.

Sea-power.

Military doctrine--United States--History.

Military doctrine.

United States. Navy--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book examines the evolution of American naval thinking in the post-Cold War era. It recounts the development of the U.S. Navy's key strategic documents from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the release in 2007 of the U.S. Navy's maritime strategy, A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower. An insightful and penetrating intellectual history, it critically analyzes the Navy's way of thinking and ideas, and recounts how they interacted with those that govern U.S. strategy to shape the course of U.S. naval strategy in the post-Cold War era.The book explains how the Navy arrived at

Contents:

The Cold War

Maritime strategy for the 1990s, 1989

The way ahead, 1990

...from the sea, 1991-92

Forward...from the sea, 1993-94

2020 vision, 1995-96

Anytime, anywhere, 1996-97

The navy strategic planning guidance, 1998-2000

Sea power 21, 2000-4

The 3/1 strategy, 2005

The 1000-ship navy, 2005-6

A cooperative strategy, 2007

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

910009530