Sea Power and the Asia-Pacific (eBook, ePUB)

The Triumph of Neptune?
Redaktion: Till, Geoffrey; Bratton, Patrick

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the rise and fall of sea powers in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136627231
• Artikelnr.: 38271899

Autorenporträt

Patrick C. Bratton is Assistant Professor of political science and Program Chair for Political Science and International Relations at the Hawaii pacific University, Honolulu. Geoffrey Till is the Director of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies at King's College London. He is the author of a number of books, including, most recently, The Development of British Naval Thinking (Routledge 2006), Globalization and the Defence in Asia (co-ed. with Emrys Chew and Joshua Ho, Routledge, 2008), and Seapower: A Guide for the 21st Century (2nd edn, Routledge 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Abbreviations Contributors Chapter 1. Introduction : Seapower and
the Rise and Fall of Empires Chapter 2. The United States as a Pacific
Power Chapter 2. Maritime Power and the Asia Pacific: US Navy Perspectives
Chapter. 4 China: Its Maritime Traditions and Navy Today Chapter 5 The
Evolution of the PLA Navy: The Twin Missions of Area-Denial and Peacetime
Operations Chapter 6 Japan's Maritime Past, Present and Future Chapter 7.
India's Growing Naval Power: Indian Ocean in Focus Chapter 8. Singapore and
Seapower Chapter 9. The Seapower and Navy of the Republic of Korea Present
and Future Chapter 10. Australia's Maritime Past, Present and Future Part
II Transitions Chapter 11. British Seapower and Imperial Defence in the Far
East: Sharing the Seas with America Chapter 12. The British Pacific Fleet
and the Decline of Empire ? Chapter 13 Conclusions: Transitions and Futures