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1. Seapower

   A Guide for the Twenty-First Century, 3rd Edition

   By Geoffrey Till

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   This is the third, revised and fully updated, edition of Geoffrey Till's Seapower: A Guide for the 21st Century. The rise of the Chinese and other Asian navies, worsening quarrels over maritime jurisdiction and the United States’ maritime pivot towards the Asia-Pacific region reminds us that the...

   Published February 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Greek Naval Strategy and Policy 1910-1919

   By Zisis Fotakis

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   A sharp analysis of Greek naval history in the 1910s, a time when the importance of its geographic position and its navy increased greatly. It explains the causes of these developments and their consequences for Greek national aims, the Mediterranean naval situation...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham

   A Twentieth Century Naval Leader

   By Michael Simpson

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   Cunningham was the best-known and most celebrated British admiral of the Second World War. He held one of the two major fleet commands between 1939 and 1942, and in 1942-43, he was Allied naval commander for the great amphibious operations in the Mediterranean. From 1943 to 1946, he was the First...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Navies of South-East Asia

   A Comparative Study

   By James Goldrick, Jack McCaffrie

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   This book provides a comprehensive survey of the development and operations of the navies of South-East Asia since the end of World War II. The navies of South-East Asia have rarely been the subject of systematic attention but, as the maritime strategic balance within Asia becomes more complex...

   Published September 2nd 2012 by Routledge
5. German Naval Strategy, 1856-1888

   Forerunners to Tirpitz

   By David H. Olivier

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   This book is a comparative study of the evolution of the German navy in the second half of the nineteenth century. It examines the development of strategy, especially commerce-raiding, in comparison to what other navies were doing in this era of rapid technological change. It is not an insular...

   Published July 31st 2012 by Routledge
6. Twenty-First Century Seapower

   Cooperation and Conflict at Sea

   Edited by Peter Dutton, Robert Ross, Øystein Tunsjø

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   This book offers an assessment of the naval policies of emerging naval powers, and the implications for maritime security relations and the global maritime order. Since the end of the Cold War, China, Japan, India and Russia have begun to challenge the status quo with the acquisition of advanced...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
7. Educating the Royal Navy

   18th and 19th Century Education for Officers

   By Harry W. Dickinson

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   This volume provides the first comprehensive history of education and training for officers of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It covers the development of educational provision, from the first 1702 Order in Council appointing schoolmasters to serve in operational...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
8. Maritime Private Security

   Market Responses to Piracy, Terrorism and Waterborne Security Risks in the 21st Century

   Edited by Patrick Cullen, Claude Berube

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   This book examines the evolution, function, problems and prospects of private security companies in the maritime sector. The private security industry continues to evolve after its renaissance over the past few decades, first in Africa, and later in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite this, little...

   Published January 23rd 2012 by Routledge
9. Anti-Submarine Warfare in World War I

   British Naval Aviation and the Defeat of the U-Boats

   By John Abbatiello

   Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

   Investigating the employment of British aircraft against German submarines during the final years of the First World War, this new book places anti-submarine campaigns from the air in the wider history of the First World War. The Royal Naval Air Service invested heavily in aircraft of all...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
10. Sea Power and the Asia-Pacific

    The Triumph of Neptune?

    Edited by Geoffrey Till, Patrick Bratton

    Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

    With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers. In the Asia-Pacific region there has been significant expansion of sea-based economies together with burgeoning naval power. Many claim that these processes will transform the world’s future...

    Published August 25th 2011 by Routledge