Geoffrey Till è uno storico navale britannico il cui lavoro approfondisce il significato strategico e politico della potenza marittima. Offre analisi approfondite su come le capacità navali plasmano gli affari globali e le traiettorie storiche.
Exploring the impact of maritime strategy, this book delves into how it shapes the development, structure, and roles of major global navies. It serves as a comprehensive guide for those seeking to understand the evolving and vital significance of seapower in the 21st century, highlighting the strategic shifts and implications for naval forces worldwide.
Focusing on the evolution of maritime power, this book explores its historical significance and contemporary relevance. It delves into the factors that have shaped naval dominance over time, highlighting its impact on global politics and trade. The analysis offers insights into how maritime strategies have adapted to changing geopolitical landscapes, making it a comprehensive resource for understanding the importance of naval capabilities in both past and present contexts.
Focusing on four pivotal naval battles, the book explores the factors that determine the outcomes of these conflicts, emphasizing that technological superiority is not always the key to victory. It reveals how strategy, leadership, and other elements can play a more critical role in shaping the results of naval warfare, challenging common perceptions about the importance of advanced technology in military success.
Submarine Issues for Small and Medium Navies
This edited volume starts with an account of the submarine in naval warfare and moves on to review the nature and consequences of naval modernisation in Southeast Asia by considering their acquisition by the small and medium navies of the region. It explores the reasons for these navies taking on this very substantial and demanding challenge, the problems they are facing and the consequences of the deployment of submarines for regional stability. Given the backdrop of growing tensions over the South China Sea and increasing competition between the United States and China in the region, will the arrival of submarines in the area help or hinder the cause of peace? This volume will be of substantial interest not just to those interested in submarines and naval development but also to students and teachers concerned about the very volatile developing situation in and around the South China Sea.
The navies of China, India and to a lesser extent Japan are expanding rapidly at present. This has the potential to alter the US-dominated naval balance in Asia-Pacific but it also raises a are the region’s powers involved in a naval arms race? Naval development is and always has been a crucial indicator of economic and political development. It shows the emergence of a significant shift in strategic weight from West to East. But within the Asia-Pacific Region, alongside growing economic and institutional integration, there are geo-political tensions that threaten the regions stability and peace. The balance between the two determines the form that naval development in that region is taking. Some aspects of this suggest the beginnings of a naval arms race that would have profound consequences for the region and the world.