Naval Strategy and Power in the Mediterranean: Past, Present and Future

by Hattendorf,John B.

• ISBN13: 9780714649917
• ISBN10: 0714649910
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The fundamental issues of maritime strategy and naval power in the Mediterranean, when considered over the broad spectrum of past, present and future, clearly touch on the clash of civilizations. In terms of the millennial political situation, this includes issues of migration, the environment, geography, technology, economic power and rivalries in those fields. It also touches on the structure and interplay of international politics and international law, as well as the traditional calculation of naval strength and diplomatic manoeuvre. It is such broad and fundamental themes that are explored in this volume, the product of the third Naval War College-Yale conference on maritime and naval history. The very name "Mediterranean", stresses context: the sea among lands. In terms of international security policy and strategy in this maritime region, this volume demonstrates that sea power has a variety of contexts. These contexts have changed over time, although many of the contemporary issues that observersemphasize today are themes that have a long history of their own. Many of these same present and future issues have supplied the context for past events in the Mediterranean, but their importance has sometimes gone unnoticed in maritime history, as the maritime side of affairs has sometimes gone unnoticed within the common discussion of other specialized themes. As several contributors to this volume have suggested, it may be our understanding and our interpretations that must be stretched to include both sides of these issues, if we are to understand fully the varied contexts and impacts of events at sea.

Author Biography

Greg Kennedy is a lecturer in the Department of History at the Royal Military College of Canada

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Editor's Introduction	p. 1
Ploughshares into Swords: The Royal Navy and Merchant Marine Auxiliaries in the Late Nineteenth Century	p. 5
Reinforcements and Supplies from Overseas: British Strategic Sealift in the First World War	p. 31
Opportunity vs Control: The Diplomacy of Japanese Shipping in the First World War	p. 59
The Royal Navy and Inter-war Plans for War against Japan: The Problem of Oil Supply	p. 84
American and British Merchant Shipping: Competiton and Preparation, 1933-39	p. 107
Maritime Powers in Transition: Britain's Shipping Capacity Crisis and the Mobilization of Neutral American Power, 1940-41	p. 155
To Market or to War? NATO Shipping Pools and the Demise of the Canadian Merchant Marine	p. 176
Notes on Contributors	p. 211
Index	p. 213
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