Toward a New Maritime Strategy: American Naval Thinking in the

Toward a New Maritime Strategy: American Naval Thinking in the Post-Cold War Era

Toward a New Maritime Strategy examines the evolution of American naval thinking in the post-Cold War era. It recounts the development of the U.S. Navyâ€™s key strategic documents from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the release in 2007 of the U.S. Navyâ€™s maritime strategy, A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower. This penetrating intellectual history critically analyzes the Navyâ€™s ideas and recounts how they interacted with those that govern U.S. strategy to shape the course of U.S. naval strategy.
The book explains how the Navy arrived at its current strategic outlook and why it took nearly two decades to develop a new maritime strategy. Haynes criticizes the Navyâ€™s leaders for their narrow worldview and failure to understand the virtues and contributions of American sea power, particularly in an era of globalization. This provocative study tests institutional wisdom and will surely provoke debate in the Navy, the Pentagon, and U.S. and international naval and defense circles.
Country USA
Brand US Naval Institute Press
Manufacturer Naval Institute Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 12 black and white photographs
ReleaseDate 2015-07-15
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781612518527

Toward a New Maritime Strategy: American Naval Thinking in the Post-Cold War Era