Great Power Clashes Along the Maritime Silk Road: Lessons from History to Shape Current Strategy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781682478660)

Current concerns in maritime Eurasia are centered on rising powers China and India. By way of background to understanding the current regional great power rivalry within maritime Eurasia, this book asks what we can learn from historic Eurasian maritime geopolitical players and their interactions that will inform and enlighten today's international relations practitioners. Great Power Clashes along the Maritime Silk Road examines three seminal historical cases of maritime clashes in the China Seas, four in the Indian Ocean, and one in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Each of these is an example of local or regional conflict reflecting the circumstances of time and place. The cases have been chosen to provide a comparative framework of significant premodern maritime clashes distributed along the full Eurasian maritime perimeter. Lessons include understanding struggles between continental and maritime powers in Eurasia, and understanding the decisive impact that naval leadership, intelligence, technology, alliances, and identity have had in the past and will have on the future.


Author: Grant Frederick Rhode
ISBN-10: 1682478661
ISBN-13: 9781682478660
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2023
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.34w x 0.77d