Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 220 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781538161067
Inhalt:
This concise but exhaustive treatment of sea powers examines the strengths and weaknesses of maritime power, including chapters on mutiny, blockades, coalitions, expeditionary warfare, piracy, commerce raiding, and soft power operations. Throughout, Elleman analyzes the competition between land power and sea power strategies.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Foreword -- Continental Powers Covet Conquests -- Maritime Powers Compound Wealth -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Note -- Chapter 1: Mutiny -- Historic Background to Mutiny -- Three Types of Mutiny -- Mutiny's Rate of Success or Failure -- Horizontal and Vertical Escalation -- Limited and Unlimited Mutinies -- Modern Naval Mutinies -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Blockades -- Time: Implementation and Duration -- Space: The Nature of the Theater -- Force: Joint and Combined Operations -- Strategic and Operational Goals -- Enemy Adaptation -- Strategic and Operational Effectiveness -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Coalitions -- Historical Origins of Naval Coalitions -- Coalition Types and Theater of Operations -- Naval Coalition Membership, Cumulative Operations, and Unity of Command -- Naval Strategy and Operational and Strategic Objectives -- The Adversary's Response -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Piracy -- Maritime Piracy in Historical Perspective -- Geographic Factors Encouraging Piracy and Maritime Crime -- The International Regulatory Regime -- The Roles of Shipowners and Shipmasters -- Professional Navy's Responses to Piracy -- Increasing Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) -- The Piracy Situation off Somalia -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Expeditionary Warfare -- Time: Execution and Duration -- Space: The Nature of the Theater -- Force: Joint and Combined Operations -- Peripheral Operations -- Successful Peripheral Operations -- Unsuccessful Peripheral Operations -- Operational vs Strategic Risk -- Allegiance of the Local Population -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Commerce Raiding -- The Growth of Privateering -- Economic Factors and Commerce Raiding -- Commerce Raiding during the Twentieth Century.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781538161043
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Elleman, Bruce A., 1959 - Principles of maritime power Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2022 ISBN 9781538161043
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781538167199
Sprache:
Englisch
