Mahan, Corbett, and the foundations of naval strategic thought / / Kevin D. McCranie

• Autore: McCranie Kevin D.
• Pubblicazione: Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 359.03
• Soggetto topico: Naval strategy - History - 19th century; Sea-power - History - 19th century; Naval historians - United States; Naval historians - Great Britain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mahan, Corbett, and the foundations of naval strategic thought
• ISBN: 1-68247-575-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811214703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Naval History and Sea Power