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Geography, technology, and British naval strategy in the dreadnought era / Sumida, Jon Tetsuro

Sumida, Jon Tetsuro	Journal Article
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2006.

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Alfred Thayer Mahan and Admiral Sir John Fisher disagreed about capital-ship design and the utility of history as a guide to formulating naval policy, but the main difference between their ways of thinking about strategy was over the best means of defending the British empire in a maritime war. Where Mahan called for concentration at the center, Fisher contended that defense could be achieved at the periphery.

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Great Britain ; Naval Strategy ; Mahan, Alfred Thayer ; Fisher, John

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Japanese maritime thought: if not Mahan, who? / Yoshihara, Toshi; Holmes, James R

Yoshihara, Toshi	Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract	Postwar Japan is a case study in strategy making without a larger theoretical framework. Imperial Japan's attachment to Mahanian strategic theory did not outlive World War II. Japan's break with Mahanian thought, however, is occurring at a moment in history when China's ambitions could usher in a new age of Mahan

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Maritime Strategy ; Navy ; Post-Cold War Period ; Japan ; Mahan, Alfred Thayer

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