Navies and Soft Power: Historical Case Studies of Naval Power and the Nonuse of Military Force: Historical Case Studies of Naval Power and the Nonuse (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781935352334)

Bruce A. Elleman: William V. Pratt Professor of International History and Research Professor, Maritime History Department, U.S. Naval War College, with a B.A. (1982) from UC Berkeley, an MA (1984) and PhD (1993) from the History Department, Columbia University; MS (1985) in international history, London School of Economics; and MA in national security and strategic studies, with distinction (2004), U.S. Naval War College. His twenty books include Modern Chinese Warfare: 1795-1989 (New York: Routledge, 2001); Naval Mutinies of the Twentieth Century: An International Perspective, edited, with Christopher Bell (London: Frank Cass, 2003); Naval Blockades and Seapower: Strategies and Counter-strategies, 1805-2005, edited, with S. C. M. Paine (London: Routledge, 2006); Waves of Hope: The U.S. Navy's Response to the Tsunami in Northern Indonesia, Newport Paper 28 (Newport, R.I.: Naval War College Press, 2007); and Naval Coalition Warfare: From the Napoleonic War to Operation Iraqi Freedom, edited, with Sarah Paine (London: Routledge, 2008). S. C. M. Paine: Professor in the Strategy and Policy Department, U.S. Naval War College, with a PhD (1993) in Russian and Chinese history, Columbia University, and MIA (1984) from School for International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Author of The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949 (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2012); The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy (Cambridge University Press, 2003); and Imperial Rivals: China, Russia, and Their Disputed Frontier, 1858-1924 (M. E. Sharpe, 1996), winner of the 1997 Barbara Jelavich Prize for diplomatic history from the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Editor of Nation Building, State Building, and Economic Development: Case Studies and Comparisons (M. E. Sharpe, 2010) and coauthor, with Bruce A. Elleman, of Modern China: Continuity and Change 1644 to the Present (Prentice Hall, 2010).