Fighting the Naval Hegemon: Evolution in French, Soviet, and Chinese Naval Thought

Authors

Martin N. Murphy
Toshi Yoshihara

Abstract

Geography gives strategy its context. Secure from land invasion, Great Brit- ain and later the United States employed a distinctive form of sea power to defeat their adversaries. Both used their navies to control sea-lanes and vital choke points and to apply direct pressure along enemy coastlines. Through their dominance of the oceans they were able to shape the political and economic order of the world. It is fair to say that what amounts to the Anglo-American school of naval power has demonstrated its efficacy time after time: over the past 250 years these two powers have, singly or together, and always with other allies, defeated every opponent that has attempted to change that order.

Recommended Citation

Murphy, Martin N. and Yoshihara, Toshi (2015) "Fighting the Naval Hegemon: Evolution in French, Soviet, and Chinese Naval Thought," Naval War College Review: Vol. 68: No. 3, Article 3.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol68/iss3/3