| Maritime Strategy and Continental Wars Contributor(s): Menon, Rear Admiral K. Raja (Author) |
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ISBN: 0714643483 ISBN-13: 9780714643489 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: This work contends that nations embroiled in Continental wars have historically had poor maritime strategies. After an analysis of existing literature on this subject and a discussion of case studies, Rear Admiral Menon develops the argument that those navies that have been involved in such wars have made poor contributions to the overall political objectives. Government neglect, inadequate funding and structures that are more appropriate to purely maritime wars are symptomatic of a universal strategic dilemma that arises from inadequate strategic theory. br br br br Menon argues that current technological trends are likely to lead to fleets re-exerting their lost superiority against land-based means of conducting warfare, so long as the navies involved rebuild their structures to speed up the battle, since faster battle is the current strategic trend. Littoral superiority then becomes a naval objective on which to construct joint warfare. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Naval - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Technology & Engineering | Military Science |
| Dewey: 359.03 |
| LCCN: 97028051 |
| Series: Naval Policy & History |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.3" W x 9.26" (0.74 lbs) 232 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Rear Admiral Raja Menon contends that nations embroiled in Continental wars have historically had poor maritime strategies. He develops the argument that navies that have been involved in such wars have made poor contributions to politial objectives, and outlines future strategies. |