1st Edition

The United States Navy’s Pivot to Asia The Origins of a Cooperative Strategy for Twenty-First Century Seapower

By Bruce Elleman Copyright 2023
258 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the origins of the US Navy’s 2007 Maritime Strategy, the formation of the US government’s “Pivot to Asia” strategy, and the most recent revisions to this strategy that focus more specifically on China. Besides examining the details of this strategy formulation, the book explores the internal and external repercussions on the US Navy of the Pivot to Asia. It discusses the “Fat... Read more

List of Figures

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introduction: Why a New Maritime Strategy?

Chapter 1: A Short History of the Process Behind Writing CS-21: "A Cooperative

Strategy for 21st Century Seapower"

Chapter 2: Maritime Strategy Option Echo plus four Original Maritime Strategy Options

Chapter 3: Fine-tuning the CS-21 Maritime Strategy Document

Chapter 4: Accolades and Criticism of CS-21

Chapter 5: The Pivot to Asia

Chapter 6: The Fat Leonard Scandal and Solving East Asian U.S. Navy Corruption

Chapter 7: The Capable, the Corrupt, and the Collisions

Chapter 8: Problems in Paradise: The Harley Education Revolution, Mutiny, and Takedown

Conclusions. CS-21, CS-21 Refresh, and Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Long-term Impact of the Pivot to Asia

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Appendix 1: The Historical Background of Maritime Strategies

Appendix 2: Maritime Strategy Alpha

Appendix 3: Maritime Strategy Option Bravo

Appendix 4: Maritime Strategy Option Charlie

Appendix 5: Maritime Strategy Option Delta

Appendix 6: Bryan McGrath’s Version of Maritime Strategy Option Echo

Appendix 7: Naval War College Version of Maritime Strategy Option Echo

Appendix 8: The Final Maritime Strategy Document Issued October 2007

Appendix 9: CNO Gary Roughead Guidance 25 October 2007

Appendix 10: Statement by Admiral Gary Roughead CNO 13 December 2007

Appendix 11: Proposed Outline for MARSTRAT Discussion with PCNO 10 SEP 2007

Appendix 12: News From the Strategy and Policy Department, Feb. 5, 2013

Appendix 13: A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower, March 2015

Selected Bibliography

About the Author

Index

Biography

Bruce A. Elleman is William V. Pratt Professor of International History at the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.