The Changing Face of Maritime Power

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.

Contributors Tradition and Innovation in Maritime Thinking; M.Lawrence Smith and M.R.H.Uttley Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Utility of US Naval Forces Today; G.Baer Sir Julian Corbett and the Twenty-First Century: Ten Maritime Commandments; G.Till 'History is the Sole Foundation for the Construction of a Sound and Living Doctrine.' The Royal Naval College Greenwich and Doctrine Development down to BR1806; A.Lambert BR1806, Joint Doctrine and Beyond; E.Grove Constraints on UK World Power Projection and Foreign Policy in the New World Order: The Maritime Dimension; M.Clarke Gunboat Diplomacy: Outmoded or Back in Vogue?; M.H.Murfett International Peace Support Operations from a Maritime Perspective; M.Pugh Maritime Power in the 1990-91 Gulf War and the Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia; T.Benbow The Measurement of Naval Strength in the Twenty-First Century; N.Polmar The Land/Sea Dimension: The Role of the Army in Future Warfare; C.McInnes The Royal Air Force and the Future of Maritime Aviation; C.J.M.Goulter 'Back to the Future': The Royal Navy in the Twenty-First Century; A.Dorman The Changing Face of Maritime Power; M.Lawrence Smith and M.R.H.Uttley Index

ANDREW DORMAN is Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, Joint Service Command and Staff College, and a Research Assistant at the Security Studies Research Programme, University of Birmingham. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and International Affairs at the Royal Naval College Greenwich, and Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham.

MIKE LAWRENCE SMITH is Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King's College, London. Formerly he was Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and International Affairs at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Between 1992 and 1995 he was Lecturer in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore.

MATTHEW UTTLEY is Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC) and Director of the JSCSC Defence Technology Research Group. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and International Affairs at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and has been a Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence Economics at the University of York and the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, Lancaster University.