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Summary

The sea has always been central to human development as a source of resources, and as a means of transportation, information-exchange and strategic dominion. It has been the basis for our prosperity and security. This is even more the case, now, in the early 21stcentury, with the emergence of an increasingly globalized world trading system. Navies have always provided a way of policing, and sometimes exploiting, the system. In contemporary conditions, navies â€œ and other forms of maritime power â€œ are having to adapt, in order to exert the maximum power ashore in the company of others and to expand the range of their interests, activities and responsibilities. Their traditional tasks still apply but new ones are developing fast. This updated and expanded new edition of Geoffrey Till's acclaimed book is an essential guide for students of naval history and maritime strategy, and anyone interested in the changing and crucial role of seapower in the 21st century.

Foreword by Admiral Sir Jonathon Band KCB ADC
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Abbreviations
Seapower in a globalised world : two tendencies
Introduction: Seapower and Globalisation
The Security Implications
Differing Conclusions
The Post-modern Navy
Missions of the Post-modern Navy
The Modern Navy
Missions of the Modern Navy
Modern/Post-modern compromises
Defining Seapower
Introduction
The Sea Four Historic Attributes
The Sea As a Resource
The Sea as a Medium of Transportation and Exchange
The Sea as a Medium for Information and the Spread of ideas
The sea as a Medium for Dominion
Explaining the Secret of Maritime success
Seapower Qualifications and Limitations
Who Said What and Why it Matters
The Value of Theory in Maritime Operations
On Types of Theory
Strategy and Strategic Thinking
Maritime Strategy: Five Questions
Doctrine
The Early Development of Theory
Mahan and the Bluewater Tendency
The influence of Mahan on Seapower
Corbett and the Maritime Tradition
Alternative Visions in Maritime Strategy
War on Commerce/Guerre de Course
Coastal Defence Theory
Operational Art to Modern Maritime Theory
Future Challenges
The Constituents of Maritime Power
Introduction
Identifying the Constituents of Seapower
Maritime People, Society and Government
Maritime geography
Resources
A Maritime Economy
Seapower by Other Means
Doctrine
Navies and Technology
Introduction
Classifying navies
Estimating Relative Effectiveness
Navies and technology: Introduction
Platforms
Systems, weapons and sensors
An Information Revolution?
The Challenge of Transformational Technology
A Strategy for Innovation
Navies and technology: Summary and Conclusions
Command of the Sea and Sea Control
Evolution of a Traditional Concept
Limits and Qualification
Pursuing Command in moderation
Command of the sea Yields to sea control
Sea Denial
Contemporary Angles
Securing Command of the Sea
Securing Command of the sea: The operational Approach
Decisive battle
Forms and style of Decisive Battle
How To Achieve a Decisive Victory
Modern Forms and Concepts of B
Operational Alternatives to Battle
The fleet-in-Being approach
The Fleet Blockade
Exploiting Command of the Sea
Maritime Power Projection: Definitions
Maritime Power Projection: Aims
Amphibious Operations
Operational Manoeuvre From the Sea
Sea-based Missile Attack of the Shore
Defence against Maritime Power Projection
The Attack of Maritime Communications<$$$>
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