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010			_a 2018000368
020			_a9781138657656 (hardback)
020			_a9781138657670 (pbk.)
020			_z9781315621210 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aV 25 _b.T55 2018
082	0		_aV 25 .T55 2018 _223
100	1		_aTill, Geoffrey, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSeapower : _ba guide for the twenty-first century / _cTill, Geoffrey
250			_aFourth edition.
264		1	_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge Taylor & Francis Group _c2018.
300			_axviii, 458 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 425-445) and index.
505	0		_aIn search of seapower -- Seapower in a globalising world: alternative futures -- Who said what and why it matters -- The constituents of maritime power -- Navies and technology -- Command of the sea and sea control -- Securing sea control -- Exploiting command of the sea: The defence and attack of trade -- Exploiting command of the sea: Operations from the sea -- Expeditionary operations -- Maintaining good order at sea: Maritime security at home and away, challenges -- Maintaining good order at sea: Maritime security at home and away, responses -- Naval diplomacy -- Generating maritime power.
520			_a"This is the fourth, revised and 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 sea has always been central to human development as a source of resources, and as a means of transportation, information-exchange and strategic dominion. It has provided the basis for mankind's prosperity and security, and this is even more true in the early 21st century, with the emergence of an increasingly globalized world trading system. Navies have always provided a way of policing, and sometimes exploiting, the system. In contemporary conditions, navies, and other forms of maritime power, are having to adapt, in order to exert the maximum power ashore in the company of others and to expand the range of their interests, activities and responsibilities. While these new tasks are developing fast, traditional ones still predominate. Deterrence remains the first duty of today's navies, backed up by the need to 'fight and win' if necessary. How navies and their states balance these two imperatives will tell us a great deal about our future in this increasingly maritime century. This book investigates the consequences of all this for the developing nature, composition and functions of all the world's significant navies, and provides a guide for anyone interested in the changing and crucial role of seapower in the 21st century. Seapower is essential reading for all students of naval power, maritime security and naval history, and highly recommended for students of strategic studies, international security and International Relations."--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aSea-power. _2water science _xSchool of Engineering and Technology
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