Books in the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies Series series

The rapid modernization of the Chinese Navy is a well-documented reality of the post-Cold War world. This book makes sense of Chinese priorities in its naval modernization and argues that the orientation of Beijing's choices concerning its naval forces can essentially be explained by China's position as a potential regional hegemony.

Opened in 1873, in buildings constructed by Charles II to house retired sailors, the Royal Naval College was founded with the aim of providing officers with the highest possible scientific instruction in all branches of study bearing upon their profession. This title traces the history of the college from its establishment in 1873.

This book examines the British and German approach to naval air power, describing the creation and development of the two naval air service organizations and doctrine.

Examining the dynamics of coalition operations involving the Royal Navy (RN), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the United States Navy (USN) during the Korean War, Vietnam War and the Iraq War, this book provides a broad overview of naval interoperability between the three navies.

In Britain, memory of the First World War remains dominated by the trench warfare of the Western Front. This volume is a welcome corrective to what is arguably an historical neglect of the naval aspect of the Great War.

Leading academics from around the world, who specialize in analysing maritime strategic issues, deliberate the impact of the American 'Pivot' or 'Re-Balance' strategy, and the 'Air-Sea Battle' Operational concept, on the maritime power and posture of a number of selected states. Intending to strengthen US economic, diplomatic, and security engagement throughout the Asia-Pacific, both bilaterally and multilaterally, the re-balance stands out as one of the Obama administration's most far-sighted and ambitious foreign policy initiatives.

Offers a multidisciplinary analysis of various approaches and challenges to the sustainable governance of Europe's marine environment. Structured in three parts, this title outlines general theoretical ideas about governance, governing, and governability and serves as a starting point for analysing the development of marine governance in Europe.

Maritime Power in the Black Sea provides the first comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the comparative maritime power of the six littoral states in the Black Sea - Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania and Bulgaria.

History shows how relatively small naval forces can have a disproportionately large impact on global events. This collection, which adopts an interdisciplinary approach drawing on the best new research from the fields of international relations, security studies, strategic studies and maritime history.

The Indian Navy has gradually emerged as an indispensable tool of Indian diplomacy in recent years, making it imperative for Indian policy-makers and naval thinkers to think anew the role of the nationΓÇÖs naval forces in Indian strategy. There is a long tradition in India of viewing the maritime dimension of security as central to the nationΓÇÖs strategic priorities. With India''s economic rise, India is trying to bring that focus back, making its navy integral to national grand strategy. This volume is the first full-length examination of the myriad issues that have emerged out of the recent rise of Indian naval power.

The Indian Navy is gradually emerging as an indispensable tool of Indian diplomacy in recent years, making it imperative for Indian policy-makers and naval thinkers to think anew the role of nation's naval forces in Indian strategy.

In 1909 the British Admiralty placed an order for a rigid airship, marking the beginning of the Royal Navy's involvement with airpower. This collection charts the Navy's involvement with aviation over the following century, and the ways in which its rapid expansion and evolution radically altered the nature of maritime power and naval strategy.

Since its publication in 1911, Sir Julian's Corbett's "Some Principles of Maritime Strategy" has remained a key document within naval strategic thinking. In this assessment, the author provides a fresh interpretation of Corbett's legacy and his continued relevance as a classic theorist of naval war.

Ships have histories that are interwoven with the human fabric of the maritime world. In the long nineteenth century these histories revolved around the re-invention of these once familiar objects in a period in which Britain became a major maritime power. This title examines this transformation.

During the 1960s the British government had to grapple with complex political and military problems in order to find a strategic defence policy that was both credible and affordable. This book charts the arguments that raged between supporters of a land based air power strategy, and those who favoured aircraft carriers.

In the period leading up to the First World War Britain's naval supremacy was challenged by an arms race with Germany, fuelled not only by military and geo-strategic rivalries, but an onrush of technological developments. This book charts the various ideas put forward to deal with the structural challenges faced by the Royal Navy.

It argued in this book that, from the 1880s there was a widely shared, but largely unwritten, strategic acceptance in British naval thinking that in a war with a major power the response would be to attack enemy trade. In line with the current view that seapower depends upon free communications.

The book explores British naval policy during the first two governments of Harold Wilson (1964-70), analysing how the Navy Department of the Ministry of Defence and the Navy's professional leadership dealt with six years of defence reviews, retrenchment and strategic re-orientation. Focusing primarily on policy and strategic matters.

During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced both the technology and the administrative ideas employed in the management of the British navy. Regarded by the Navy Board as a dangerous maverick, this book reveals the experiences, creativity and thinking that made him a major figure in British naval development.

This book seeks to identify and address gaps in our understanding of maritime security and the role of small navies in Europe.