Sea Power Books

New and Published Books

1. A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware (Routledge Revivals)

   By Christopher Chant

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1987, The Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware provides, within a single volume, the salient technical and operational details of the most important weapons. The complete range of hardware used in land, sea and air forces throughout the world at the time of publication...

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
2. Regional Disorder

   The South China Sea Disputes

   By Sarah Raine, Christian Le Mière

   Series: Adelphi series

   China’s rise casts a vast and uncertain shadow over the regional balance of power in the Asia Pacific, and nowhere is this clearer than in the South China Sea. The significance of the fraught territorial disputes in this potentially resource-rich sea extends far beyond the small groupings of...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
3. 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
4. Asia’s Naval Expansion

   An Arms Race in the Making

   By Geoffrey Till

   Series: Adelphi series

   The navies of China, India and to a lesser extent Japan are expanding rapidly at present. This has the potential to alter the US-dominated naval balance in Asia-Pacific but it also raises a question: are the region’s powers involved in a naval arms race? Naval development is and always has been a...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
5. Southeast Asia and the Rise of Chinese and Indian Naval Power

   Between Rising Naval Powers

   Edited by Sam Bateman, Joshua Ho

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   This book examines the emerging maritime security scene in Southeast Asia. It considers highly topical implications for the region of possible strategic competition between China and India - the rising naval powers of Asia - with a possible naval "arms race" emerging between these countries both...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Global Partnership Against WMD

   Success and Shortcomings of G8 Threat Reduction since 9/11

   By Alan Heyes, Wyn Q. Bowen, Hugh Chalmers

   Series: Whitehall Papers

   The 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted a new urgency in efforts to deal with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear proliferati on. The potential acquisition and use by terrorist groups of such weaponry was suddenly a much increased threat. The G8 Global Partnership against the Spread of...

   Published September 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. 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
8. Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia

   Implications for Regional Security

   Edited by Joshua Ho, Sam Bateman

   Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

   Maritime issues are particularly important for Asian countries, where there is a high reliance on shipping routes for international trade, many difficult disputes over maritime boundaries, and the prospect of increasing tensions where maritime power might play a significant role. This book uses...

   Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. 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
10. Security and International Politics in the South China Sea

    Towards a co-operative management regime

    Edited by Sam Bateman, Ralf Emmers

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    The South China Sea has long been regarded as a major source of tension and instability in East Asia. Managing the risk of possible conflict over disputed claims in the South China Sea has been a significant challenge for regional relations. This book explores international politics and security in...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge