Sea power and the Asia-Pacific
Subtitle: the triumph of Neptune?
By: edited by Geoffrey Till and Patrick C. Bratton
Series: Cass series--naval policy and history -- 47; Cass series--naval policy and history -- 47.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780415609340; 9780203802502
Subjects: Sea-power; Strategic aspects; Naval History; Navies; History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : seapower and the rise and fall of empires / Geoffrey Till; title: The United States as a Pacific power / Patrick Bratton; title: Maritime power and the Asia Pacific : US Navy perspectives / Kevin R. Johnson; title: China : its maritime traditions and navy today / Carl Otis Shuster; title: The evolution of the PLA Navy the twin missions of area-denial and peacetime operations / Michael McDevitt and Frederic Vellucci; title: Japan' maritime past, present and future / Alessio Patalano; title: India's growing naval power : Indian Ocean in focus / Harsh Pant; title: Singapore and seapower / Joshua Ho; title: The seapower and navy of the Republic of Korea : present and future / Seong Yong Park; title: Australia's maritime past, present and future / Andrew Forbes; title: British seapower and imperial defence in the Far East : sharing the seas with America / Greg Kennedy; title: The British Pacific Fleet and the decline of empire? / Jon Robb-Webb; title: Conclusions : transitions and futures / Patrick Bratton and Geoffrey Till.