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Pages: 462
Pages: 462
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
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“A fascinating geopolitical chronicle . . . A superb survey of the perennial opportunities and risks in what Herman Melville called ‘the watery part of the
Language: en
Pages: 252
Pages: 252
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-08-02 - Publisher: Springer
This revisionist study shows how the Royal Navy's ideas about the meaning and application of seapower shaped its policies during the years between the wars. It
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Pages: 317
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China’s rise has upset the global balance of power, and the first place to feel the strain is Beijing’s back yard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions
