Planning for War at Sea (eBook)

400 Years of Great Power Competition

Evan Wilson, Paul M. Kennedy (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025 | 1., First Edition
400 Seiten
Naval Institute Press (Verlag)
978-1-61251-726-1 (ISBN)

Infos

How have navies contemplated possible enemies? How did they learn, or fail to learn, once operations began? How does this analysis inform today's planning for future conflict? These questions guide the noted historians and naval strategists who contributed to Planning for War at Sea. A central theme is the regular failure of navies' best-laid plans. Covering four centuries of naval warfare, the chapters illustrate the challenges all navies faced when considering possible enemies. Even during the Age of Sail, ships were among the most expensive and long-term national endeavors. Navies therefore planned well in advance for future wars, usually without knowing their adversaries or how they would fight them at sea. Building a capable navy requires sustained investment in naval infrastructure long before the fighting starts. In the final chapters naval strategists expand on this historical analysis to address how effectively or ineffectively today's three leading naviesRussia, China, and the United Stateshave configured themselves during the postCold War era in preparing for future great power conflict. This collection is an important work for strategists, scholars, and policymakers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: China • international navies • Maritime Strategy • military modernization • naval adaptation • naval conflict • Naval History • naval planning • Naval strategy • Russian Military
• ISBN-10: 1-61251-726-9 / 1612517269
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61251-726-1 / 9781612517261