Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to
great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how
navies in previous eras of multipolarity grappled with similar
challenges. The book follows the theme of multipolarity by
analysing a wide range of historical and geographical case studies,
thereby maintaining the focus of both its historical analysis and
its policy implications. It begins by looking at the evolution of
French naval policy from Louis XIV through to the end of the
nineteenth century. It then examines how the British responded to
multipolar threat environments, convoys, the challenges of
demobilization, and the persistence of British naval power in the
interwar period. There are also contributions regarding Japan's
turn away from the sea, the Italian navy, and multipolarity in the
Arctic. This volume also addresses the regional and global
distribution of forces; trade and communication protection; arms
races; the emergence of naval challengers; fleet design; logistics;
technology; civil-naval relations; and grand strategy, past,
present, and future. This book will be of much interest to students
of naval history, strategic studies and international relations
history, as well as senior naval officers.
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