{"product_id":"mahan-corbett-and-the-foundations-kevin-d-mccranie-9781682475744","title":"Mahan, Corbett, and the Foundations of Naval Strategic Thought","description":"At the turn of the twentieth century, Alfred Thayer Mahan and Julian Stafford Corbett emerged as foundational thinkers on naval strategy and maritime power. Important in their lifetimes, their writings remain relevant in the contemporary environment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe significance of Corbett and Mahan to modern naval strategy seems beyond question, but too often their theories are simplified or used without a real understanding of their fundamental bases. Labeling a strategy, operation, or even a navy Mahanian or Corbettian tells very little. Mahan, Corbett, and the Foundations of Naval Strategic Thought provides an in-depth introduction and a means to stimulate discussion about the theories of Mahan and Corbett. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough there is no substitute for opening the actual writings of Mahan and Corbett, this requires time, not just to read but most importantly to understand how states exploit the sea in the strategic sense. \u003ci\u003eMahan, Corbett, and the Foundations of Naval Strategic Thought\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader from their grand strategic foundations of sea power and maritime strategy, through their ideas about naval warfare and strategy, to how Mahan and Corbett thought a navy should integrate with other instruments of national power, and finally, to how they thought states with powerful navies win wars. This window into naval strategy provides twenty-first-century readers an understanding of what navies can and perhaps more importantly cannot do in the international environment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin D. McCranie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682475743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682475744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e US Naval Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Kevin D. McCranie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042895393023,"sku":"9781682475744","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6befaa31-db92-4d05-ba31-feeaaa9c9431.jpg?v=1684964134","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mahan-corbett-and-the-foundations-kevin-d-mccranie-9781682475744","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}