Since the end of the Second World War, few nations possess the capacity for large scale, sustained and independent naval operations; and even those that do - such as the USA - often find it politically expedient to act in consort with allies. As such coalition naval warfare increasingly became the norm throughout the twentieth-century, and shows no sign of abating in the twenty-first. Such coalitions, however, do bring their own problems as different national navies, each with their own distinct equipment, philosophies and doctrines, attempt to work within a single command structure. Taking...