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Naval Strategy

(us) Mahan

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"Naval Strategy", the world's first naval strategy monograph. It advocates the use of superior navy and other maritime forces to control the ocean to achieve strategic goals; understanding the role of the ocean and ensuring sea control are regarded as prerequisites for establishing naval strategy; the basic principle of naval strategy is to create an advantage over the enemy and deal a devastating blow to the enemy fleet; control strategic locations on the sea, strive to operate on the inside, and protect one's own lines of communication at all times. "Naval Strategy" is highly regarded by the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets and is a provocative work on national strategy in modern human history. The author points out that the history of maritime power is a military history. In contrast, China in the late Qing Dynasty lacked the idea of ​​sea control and lost sea control, which resulted in the national humiliation of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. Historically, China's national defense construction has always focused on fortification defense, taking into account coastal defense, and pursued a passive defense strategy. The outcome was the complete annihilation of the Beiyang Navy.

On Sea Power (on War Series)

(us) Mahan

323K0

"On Sea Power", also known as "The Influence of Sea Power on History", constructed the famous Mahan Doctrine and directly contributed to the rise of the navies of Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States. Mahan believed that a country founded on trade must seize and maintain command of the sea and control the oceans. To seize and maintain control of the sea, one must have dominant maritime power, that is, a powerful fleet and merchant fleet as well as a developed base network. This book is known as the "Bible" of the Navy.