How to Grow a Navy: The Development of Maritime Power

ISBN-13: 9780367607975 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 352 str.

Geoffrey Till

Opis

This book examines the large but neglected topic of the development of maritime power from both an historical and a contemporary point of view.

Spis treści

1. Maritime Matters, 2. A Predisposition Towards the Maritime?, 3. Henry Maydman, Maritime Power and a Strategy of Means, 4. The Vision Thing, 5. Willing the Means: Establishing and Resourcing Strategic Priorities, 6. Going Joint: The Maritime Mix, 7. Establishing Naval Policy and Setting Strategy, 8. All of One Maritime Company: The Search for Synergy, 9. Coastguards and the Assertion of Maritime Authority, 10. Naval Power: The Administrative Angle, 11. Delivering a Navy's People, 12. Designing the Fleet, 13. Nothing is For Ever: Maintaining the Fleet, 14. A Conclusion with Chinese Characteristics

O autorze

Geoffrey Till is Emeritus Professor of Maritime Studies at King’s College London and Chairman of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies. Once Dean of Academic Studies at the UK Joint Services Command and Staff College, he is author of over 300 books, chapters and articles. He now holds the Dudley W. Knox Chair for Naval History and Strategy at the US Naval War College.