The Changing Face of Maritime Power

GEORGE BAER Alfred Thayer Mahan Professor of Maritime Strategy and Chairman of the Strategy and Policy Department, US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island TIM BENBOW D.Phil. student at St.Antony's College, Oxford MICHAEL CLARKE Professor of Defence Studies, King's College, London and Executive Director, Centre for Defence Studies, King's College, London CHRISTINA GOULTER Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies, Joint Services Command and Staff College ERIC GROVE Senior Lecturer in Politics and Deputy Director, Centre for Security Studies, University of Hull ANDREW LAMBERT Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College, London COLIN MCINNES Reader, Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth MALCOLM H.MURFETT Associate Professor, Department of History, National University of Singapore NORMAN POLMAR analyst, historian and author specialising in naval and strategic issues MICHAEL PUGH Reader in International Relations, Department of Politics, University of Plymouth GEOFFREY TILL Dean of Academic Studies, Joint Service Command and Staff College, Bracknell and Head of the Defence Studies Department. Also Visiting Professor in Maritime Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College, London

The end of the Cold War has affected debates about maritime strategy, doctrine, operations and technology. What has emerged is an intellectual reconsideration of the theory and practise of maritime power. It focuses on the implications for western navies of shifts in strategic thinking, maritime doctrine, technology and naval roles.The end of the Cold War has affected debates about maritime strategy, doctrine, operations and technology. What has emerged is an intellectual reconsideration of the theory and practise of maritime power. This volume addresses these themes in a systematic and over-arching way, and brings together contributions from internationally renowned scholars. It focuses on the implications for western navies of shifts in strategic thinking, maritime doctrine, technology and naval roles.