The historical research through the study of documents allows us an analysis of the evolution and maturation of strategies in general, and maritime and naval strategies in particular, on both a ...global and national scale, the objective of this study being knowledge and understanding of strategies over the ages. This study is relevant both for the military environment in terms of direct threats to territorial integrity and for the private sector, taking into account the economic importance of maritime and river borders.
This anthology features in-depth assessments of naval innovations and developments around the word by leading experts in the field. The Seaforth World Naval Review 2020 provides an authoritative ...summary of cutting-edge naval developments across the globe. Regional surveys of fleet evolution and procurement by editor Conrad Waters are supplemented by in-depth articles from a range of experts focusing on significant new warships, technological advances and specific navies. This volume features coverage of the US Navy's Virginia class submarines, the Royal Navy's Tide class tankers and the Indian P28 Komorto class corvettes. Recent developments in submarine technology are analyzed by Norman Friedman, while David Hobbs' usual review of naval aviation focusses on the F35 Lightning II. In-depth fleet reviews look at Finland and Germany and analyze how they are responding to the increased Russian threat. Now firmly established as providing the only annual naval overview of its type, The Seaforth World Naval Review is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary maritime affairs.
InThe End of Grand Strategy, Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski challenge the common view of grand strategy as unitary. They eschew prescription of any one specific approach, chosen from a spectrum ...that stretches from global primacy to restraint and isolationism, in favor of describing what America's military actually does, day to day. They argue that a series of fundamental recent changes in the global system, the inevitable jostling of bureaucratic politics, and the practical limitations of field operations combine to ensure that each presidential administration inevitably resorts to a variety of strategies.
Proponents of different American grand strategies have historically focused on the pivotal role of the Navy. In response, Reich and Dombrowski examine six major maritime operations, each of which reflects one major strategy. One size does not fit all, say the authors-the attempt to impose a single overarching blueprint is no longer feasible. Reich and Dombrowski declare that grand strategy, as we know it, is dead.The End of Grand Strategyis essential reading for policymakers, military strategists, and analysts and critics at advocacy groups and think tanks.
A gray zone conflict that emerged after the Russian annexation of Crimea was an element of the Russian strategy of establishing and consolidating a new and more favourable internationally recognized ...maritime order in the Black Sea, Kerch Strait, and the Sea of Azov. Empirical data shows that Russian superiority over Ukraine and inferiority vis-a-vis the West shaped a double asymmetry of its tactics of projecting power against Ukraine while avoiding confrontation with the West. Eventually, Moscow reached a point where the gray zone tactics could not secure its objectives. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 signalled the exhausting coercive potential of a gray zone conflict. Although, despite of transition to conventional warfare, we found continuity of 'gray zone' tactics of double asymmetry and denying responsibility in the Russian playbook. Hence, a possible de-escalation of the Russia - Ukraine war may likely return to a gray zone conflict.
Admiral Gorshkov Polmar, Norman C; Brooks, Thomas A
2019, 2019-03-15
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"The three expert authors have combined deep research in Russian language sources and declassified U.S. intelligence analyses into a book that will stand as a major source on the Soviet Navy and its ...long-time commander for decades to come." -David Alan Rosenberg, professional historian and defense analyst; co-author of The Admirals' Advantage, U.S. Navy Operational Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War.
The first major study of Winston Churchill's record as a naval strategist - and his impact as the most prominent guardian of Britain's sea power in the modern era.
