The blue age : how the US Navy created global prosperity--and why we're in danger of losing it /

The blue age : how the US Navy created global prosperity--and why we're in danger of losing it / Gregg Easterbrook.

"The United States has by far the most powerful naval fleet in the world. Other nations are not even trying to keep up. This has enabled America to stand sentinel over crucial waterways like the Strait of Malacca, ensuring safe passage of goods with little interruption. But we are entering a ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Easterbrook, Gregg (Author)
Other title:How the US Navy created global prosperity--and why we're in danger of losing it.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy > History > 21st century.
United States. > Navy.
Sea-power > United States > History > 21st century.
Trade routes > History > 21st century.
Shipping > United States > History > 21st century.
Sea-power.
Shipping.
Trade routes.
United States > History, Naval.
United States.
History.
Naval history.
Table of Contents:
  • Part one: War on the waters.
  • A school of big fish
  • Is sea power overrated?
  • Why fighting on the blue water stopped
  • There's always a bigger fish
  • Part two: Peace on the waters. Marlon Brando would not recognize a modern port
  • From ideal-x to the megamax
  • Why sea trade improves lives
  • Part three: Our future on the waters. Hey look, a new ocean!
  • The next stage is to govern the seas
  • End of the blue age?

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