396 pp, 9 1/4" H. Tables and maps. "Indivdual essays provide general theories of maritime strategy, histories of seapower in action from the Peloponnesian wars onward, and contemporary views of the strategic uses of navies in both the West and the East." Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Seapower and Landpower; Maritime Command: Mahan and Corbett; The Strategy-Tactics Relationship; Athens and Sparta; Maritime Strategy and the Punic Wars; England and Spain: 1567-1604; The Anglo-French Wars: 1689-1815; Naval Power in World War I; World War II: Allied and German Naval Strategies; World War II: U.S. and Japanese Naval Strategies; Seapower and Western Defense; Soviet Maritime Strategy; The Maritime Strategy of the U.S. Navy: Reading Excerpts; Maritime and Continental Strategies: An Important Question of Emphasis; Reflections; Index. Minor soiling to top of textblock, small area of excess glue on bottom of textblock, minor edge wear to boards. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling, light to moderate rubbing to glossy surfaces - no color loss.

Seapower,  Naval  Strategy,  Maritime  Command,  Peloponnesian  Wars,  Athens,  Sparta,  Punic  Wars,  Armada,  Anglo-French  Wars,  Napoleonic,  World  War  I,  World  War  II,  Germany,  Japan,  United  States,  Defense,  Soviet,  England,  Spain,  First  World  War,  Second  World  War,  Allies,  Aircraft  Carriers,  Anti-Submarine  Warfare,  Austria,  Blockades,  Carthage,  China,  Winston  Churchill,  Karl  Von  Clausewitz,  Convoys,  Julian  Stafford  Corbett,  Sir  Francis  Drake,  Elizabeth  I,  Gibraltar,  Great  Britain,  Adolf  Hitler,  Ireland,  Italy,  Alfred  Thayer  Mahan,  Napoleon,  Netherlands,  North  Atlantic  Treaty  Organization,  NATO,  Nuclear  Weapons,  Philip  II,  Rome,  Royal  Navy,  Russia,  Seapower,  Sea  Lines  Of  Communication,  Ships,  Submarines,  U-Boats,  USSR.