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UNINA9910811214703321 |
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Autore |
McCranie Kevin D. |
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Titolo |
Mahan, Corbett, and the foundations of naval strategic thought / / Kevin D. McCranie |
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Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Naval History and Sea Power |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Naval strategy - History - 19th century |
Sea-power - History - 19th century |
Naval historians - United States |
Naval historians - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Grand Strategic Foundations -- The Use of History and the Development of Theory -- War, Policy, and Civil-Military Relations -- Introduction to Naval Strategy -- Commerce, the Sea Lines of Communication, and Naval Power -- Command of the Sea -- Reconciling the Offense and the Defense -- Concentration: The Primary Force and the Ulterior Effort -- Sea Denial: Disputing Command of the Sea and Secondary Operations -- Obtaining Strategic Effects through the Control of Maritime Commerce -- Joint, Expeditionary Warfare -- Mahan's Way of War -- Corbett's Way of War. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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McCranie takes the reader from their grand strategic foundations of sea power and maritime strategy, through their ideas about naval warfare and strategy, to how Mahan and Corbett thought a navy should integrate with other instruments of national power, and finally, to how they thought states with powerful navies win wars. |
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