1st Edition

The U.S. Navy Case Studies in Its Past, Present, and Future

Edited By Thomas-Durell Young Copyright 2022
134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

Great power competition has returned to the world stage and the U.S. Navy finds itself in the forefront of U.S. efforts to demonstrate national resolve. The U.S. Navy: Case Studies in its Past, Present, and Future argues that the challenge of determining the future structure and operation of the fleet can be best achieved through an examination of its relevant past experience, as well as from... Read more

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Biography

Thomas-Durell Young is Senior Lecturer in the Institute for Security Governance, and an academic associate for comparative defense planning curriculum in the Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA. His latest book is Anatomy of Post-Communist European Defense Institutions: The Mirage of Military Modernity (2017).