1st Edition

Maritime Strategy for Medium Powers

By Rear Admiral J.R. Hill Copyright 1986
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1986, argues that there is a special category of medium powers in the world – such as Britain, France, India, Brazil, Japan, China and others – which have sufficient military power to do something to protect their interests but which are not a match for the superpowers. It surveys the whole range of naval warfare – equipment, operations, organisation and deployment –... Read more

Part 1. The Strategic Background  1. Introduction  2. Medium Power  3. Maritime Power  4. Threat and Alliances  Part 2. Tools of the Trade: Concepts and Materiel  5. General Concepts  6. Normal Conditions  7. Low Intensity Operations  8. Higher Level Operations  9. General War  10. Reach  11. Materiel  Part 3. Available Strategies  12. Planning, Organisation and Deployment  13. Towards a General Theory

Biography

Rear Admiral J.R. Hill