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Product Description: One of the key functions of Canadian armed forces in the Gulf War was the naval enforcement of the trade embargo on Iraq. Such action has been considered a critical component of international affairs for centuries. In this study Nicholas Tracy considers the motives for attack on maritime trade, and assesses its strategic utility...read more

Traces the sinking of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales from Churchill's decision to dispatch them to the rescue of their survivors

Recounts the daring Christmas Eve, 1969, smuggling of five prototype missile boats from the harbor at Cherbourg, France, their flight to Israel, and the political and diplomatic maneuvering that took place behind the scenes (view table of contents)

This new collection of essays by a panel of established international scholars sheds new light on what some of those influences were and what actions were taken as a result of Britain's Far Eastern commitments. Not only are new evidence and approaches to those issues addressed presented, but new avenues for further research are clearly outlined. This new study shows how the use of the sea as a means of projecting power and influence beyond national borders holds a unique place in the history of Great Britain. Directly linked to the concepts of empire, great power and strategic over-stretch, Britain's strategic position east of Suez in the twentieth century was a dominant area of interest and had an enormous impact in the overall construction of Great Britain's naval strategic posture. Britain's global naval position was in fact predominantly formed by Far Eastern strategic influences from 1900 to 1945. After that, even in the face of the Cold War and emphasis on planning for a third European war, strategic influences east of Suez continued to play a major role in the creation of Britain's naval force structure and in its global strategic foreign policy formulation process.

A history of the Office of Naval Intelligence examines the conflict between its legal responsibilities and its efforts to collect strategic information

Product Description: Forgetting the set backs of the American Revolutionary War, in 1793 the Royal Navy embarked on an almost unprecedented era of victories at sea, producing a considerable appetite for pictures of every incident, great or small. A thriving trade in prints and engravings grew up, supplemented by watercolors and oils by celebrated artists...read more

Looks at important naval battles of the past, including the Falklands War, analyzes naval strategy, and tells how to plan effective fleet operations. (view table of contents)

Looks at important naval battles of the past, including the Falklands War, analyzes naval strategy, and tells how to plan effective fleet operations

Product Description: This book reexamines the whole of maritime strategy, exploring likely future developments while putting forward a new overall empirical theory of sea power.

A description of a hypothetical naval war between Japan and the United States that influenced the actual naval strategies of both countries during World War II

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Product Description: "This is a brilliant and penetrating study which revises a great deal our commonly accepted assumptions about Mahan's arguments on the influence of seapower and on naval strategy in general. It is certain to provoke great debate." -- Paul M...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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