The Navy in the Post-Cold War World: The Uses and Value of Strategic Sea Power - Softcover

Gray, Colin S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0271013087 ISBN 13: 9780271013084

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994

Synopsis

The Navy in the Post-Cold War World is the first book to invite the reader to think strategically-that is, in means-ends terms-about the navy in the new post-Soviet era. It provides a unique synthesis of strategic theory, defense analysis, and history. Colin Gray first explains how sea power "works"; explores the strategic relationship among sea, land, and air power, with particular attention to the course of a conflict viewed as a whole; and ventures boldly into the region of the meaning of space strategy for maritime power and the relevance of that power in the still emerging post-Cold War security environment. The Navy in the Post-Cold War World is unusual because it is written by an internationally recognized general strategic theorist and analyst rather than by a long-standing naval writer. Gray is thus better able to view naval issues in proper perspective. Gray delves deeply into the role of sea power as an enabling agent and team player in the overall enterprise of national and international security. He provides the most current assessment of what sea and space power mean for each other as well as envisioning the future of maritime-oriented defense.

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Review:

"This is must reading for real and would-be naval strategists at all levels."-Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute

Synopsis:

This text invites the reader to think strategically - that is, in means-ends terms - about the navy in the new post-Soviet era. It provides a synthesis of strategic theory, defence analysis, and history. Colin Gray first explains how sea power "works"; explores the strategic relationship among sea, land and air power, with particular attention to the course of a conflict viewed as a whole; and ventures into the region of the meaning of space strategy for maritime power and the relevance of that power in the still emerging post-Cold War security environment. "The Navy in the Post-Cold War World" is unusual because it is written by an internationally recognised general strategic theorist and analyst rather than by a long-standing naval writer. Gray is thus better able to view naval issues in a proper perspective. Gray examines the role of sea power as an enabling agent and team player in the overall enterprise of national and international security. He provides a current assessment of what sea and space power mean for each other as well as envisioning the future of maritime-oriented defence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0271013087
• ISBN 13: 9780271013084
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220