
Chinese Naval Strategy in the 21st Century
Alfred Thayer Mahan has been called America’s nineteenth-century ‘evangelist of sea power’ and the intellectual father of the modern US Navy. His theories have a timeless appeal, and Chinese analysts now routinely invoke Mahan’s writings, exhorting their nation to build a powerful navy.
Economics is the prime motivation for maritime reorientation, and securing the sea lanes that convey foreign ene...
Alfred Thayer Mahan has been called America’s nineteenth-century ‘evangelist of sea power’ and the intellectual father of the modern US Navy. His theories have a timeless appeal, and Chinese analysts now routinely invoke Mahan’s writings, exhorting their nation to build a powerful navy.
Economics is the prime motivation for maritime reorientation, and securing the sea lanes that convey foreign ene...