Seapower by Till, Geoffrey;

Short description:

This is the 5th, revised and updated, edition of Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century.

Long description:

This is the 5th, revised and updated, edition of Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century.

The sea has always provided the basis for mankind's prosperity and security. With the emergence of an increasingly globalised world trading system in the early part of the 21st century, this became ever more obvious, Contemporary conditions have therefore required navies to adapt and to expand the range of their interests, activities and responsibilities. The Houthi assault on international shipping in the Red Sea and the need to monitor sanctions and ‘dark fleet’ operations shows that these tasks are important and developing fast. Even so, and especially with the re-emergence of potentially de-stabilising great power competition, traditional hard power naval concerns still predominate. This book investigates the consequences of all this for the developing nature, composition and functions of the world's navies, and provides a guide for the changing but crucial role of seapower in the second quarter of the 21st century. This edition contains new material on the Russo-Ukraine and Gaza wars, tensions in the Indo-Pacific, the Arctic and North Atlantic, the emerging concept of ‘seabed control’, as well as the extent that technological innovations and other recent strategic developments are challenging traditional concepts of maritime strategy and the roles of navies.

This book is essential reading for students and practitioners of naval power, maritime security and naval history, and highly recommended for students of strategic studies, international security and International Relations.

Reviews of previous editions:

'A definitive study of the role of seapower, past, present and future.' -- Parliamentary Maritime Review

‘A landmark work ... Till's excellent book will dominate maritime reading lists for years to come.’ - Colin S. Gray, RUSI Journal

"A tour de force, a milestone work and essential professional reading." - Ship's Telegraph (Ministry of Defence)

"In all, Seapower is very probably the best single work on sea power and maritime strategy to have been published for many years." - Journal of the Australian Naval Institute

"If you happen to be teaching a course on sea power, it would be the perfect basic text." - USNI Proceedings

"A comprehensive look at the political and military significance of the oceans in the new century…has much to offer students and the general public as well." - The Mariner’s Mirror

"Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century is without doubt the best single publication on power in the maritime domain and naval strategy in general. It will remain a standard text book for those teaching naval strategy for many years to come. The book is a must read" - Abel Esterhuyse, Scientia Militaria

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Maritime Strategy: A Quick Introduction  Chapter 2: Grey Zone Operations as Maritime Strategy  Chapter 3: Why the Sea Matters  Chapter 4: A Maritime Predisposition  Chapter 5: Naval and Economic Power  Chapter 6: Navies in a De-Globalising World? Alternative Futures  Chapter 7: Who Said What and Why it Matters  Chapter 8: Navies and Technology  Chapter 9: Command of the Sea and Sea Control  Chapter 10: Securing Sea Control  Chapter 11: Exploiting Sea Control: The Control of Maritime Communications  Chapter 12: Exploiting Sea Control: Operations from the Sea and Expeditionary Operations  Chapter 13: Exploiting Sea Control: Stabilisation Operations  Chapter 14: Maritime Security: An Introduction  Chapter 15: Delivering Maritime Security  Chapter 16: Naval Diplomacy  Chapter 17: Only Connect