1st Edition

Navies of South-East Asia A Comparative Study

By James Goldrick, Jack McCaffrie Copyright 2013
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

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 and open to challenge through the rise of China, they will play increasingly significant roles.... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Brunei  3. Burma  4. Cambodia  5. Indonesia  6. Malaysia  7. Philippines  8. Singapore  9. Thailand  10. South Vietnam  11. Democratic People’s Republic of Vietnam  12. Postscript

Biography

James Goldrick retired from the Australian Navy in 2012 as a two-star Rear-Admiral. His previous books include studies of the opening months of the First World War at sea (The King’s Ships Were at Sea, USNI, 1984) and of the development of South Asian navies (No Easy Answers, Lancer, 1997).

Jack McCaffrie retired from the RAN as a Commodore (one-star) in 2003. He currently works with the RAN Sea Power Centre where he is writing the second edition of the RAN’s Australian Maritime Operations doctrine publication. He also works with the Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at Wollongong University.

"This book is highly recommended." - Andrew Forbes Queanbeyan, The Northern Mariner