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    vill «Preface iezet purpose) provided wef evidence ad quotations or thin dy nd fsx oly ing to tify again the plas ofthe sn of ‘Bows insets Homere, perl ofthe foots wil reve that my (eka tothe autor of pated suds afar Reve —ineviay ‘ook which atempe # brad spate Taboold ike to acinowiedge Tere how much Ihave gune from a reading of the work of C4. ‘Gpal, J 8. Carer, R. Davis, JR. Jooe, C.J. Mares, R. Par, J-HE Bary, RB, Werbam, J A. Willamson, ead C. Wien for the farce part of he bok; of CJ Me Hoard A.J. Mader and. W. Row Barnet, Ly Dein, . 8. Gahan, HL. J. Mackindr, EB. Porter and CW, Nini, H.R. Richmond andy of couse, AT. Ma, for more roenlandcoansoutnfrmatin, des and simulta, Tehoal i ike to tke hs opportanity of thanking my ierary agent ‘Boe Hunter, andy pls Alles Lane, fr heparin econ ing and assng ll that follows; together wich three fiends, Corel Barnet, Profesor J. RJone nd Mx JM. Taylor who read throoph the entre manu, inprovag it ininesely by ter comments and ‘cadiing many factual eors and ‘nfctes of se. For what erin [aloe of cure am spel. Tam also very grate Mrs Mari Unig, who ope the manscipt ‘inal, Teel eto thaak my wie who has asited in inmaeile ‘wae inconnteting open psp in ining mpeing and yi {ips in comping the Ubigraphy ad in providing inforoation about ‘Btcah economies. To he, and to Or two wnt ths ook i doit, Norwich, October 1974 mvrropuction The Elements of Sea Power Here mele the pen acon of the pcp denen which of, fErocay or analy, te gow fc power in ane The one ‘deen end ep. beg the enctangeleor enn ee ‘i hng renting the na ea nd lc en apap. Toy log, USit we othe Order of Narr, of whee sey oc sadn oat ‘dy: wherea oy ug inet th wepone made yma shares {athe change androgen of the mos fem geen to penton, From ‘Seo ae the perc tho beled Wha tore dows, tex the ol fons rey so remain, hoagh id wp ok, AT. Maan, The Ice of Sea Pe jn His 166-1989 (Landen, 19 np 6. Te wold be wise to egin » story auch a his one wih an eplrton, wore tentative and lable to iater modostin, of eran key phmses ‘ed equenty inthe bok and npr of that hsv nd emai Ccpreaion ‘et. poms” Ever sce Capra Mahan wrote his seminal tnoks a the end of he at conty, the tem has beers commonplace inthe language onal men, plc, sates and horns: yet it resins dil to define precy ina few words, and even the writers ‘nko have attempted i ve ual Tasted to aid many proves and ‘rer comment in scnowledgement of the comple ofthe wp. tis noble hat Mahan himself i ot ek to define wit os power in at the bopining of hr die, Der pefered instead to show is ate by Rita examples and commentary in order to pevet it remaining “agu and unborn? ‘Some yeas afer Mahe, horeer, che English hisrian Sr Hebert. Richmond etter Gsripdon of wen power which may seas out Sit working defn: 2+ Iareduction ‘Sex por is that fer fatal regth which enables is poner sor to wad his armicr and commere aon thse eeches of wand ‘cen which ie between his county or the coun of his aie, and ‘howe terior fo which he meade sce in war cd t prevent his xen fom dong the ame ‘The basally milary prt of is dfsiton is realy comprehensible to seudent of haar: fom Rome's dominance ofthe Metiteraneas srt ia te supple ans Cartage the Aled mare woperrsy inthe 199-45 war which pemited sccenfilamphibion operons in sch disp plies as Nomandy and Otis, onc etn pecive ‘numeronn exaiple of where «ation ot grap of nations has Seed cormony from this abity to proj ts itary wrength bead the feat. Those who pose se powers evident, be enjoyed a ecuty fiom invasion acres the ecu, a mbity and expec to rach he eaemy’s chore, and radon to tel end trade arom the es Sacha ‘edeanigeocs positon the naval tg have termed ‘command of he ‘Command ofthe ox bas nere inp «toa poston of ocean ‘mates: ths is both physi impose and wetegilly unary, or the nt ot, Hk the lend, of uc wet man in inl. He cant lie on farm i, develop it buy it roel iT i instead, « median ‘Hrough wich e travels fone land postion to snther: on Maban's ‘hase dese, i esenbles ‘a wide common, ver which mea may pas in all dredons, but on which some wel-worn athe show that ntroling reasons have led then to choose xan nes of el rater {han other's I tis pl fora tation penelope eae Along thse ‘wal-worn pat’ and t day Bis penage othe corny, then ie would poses command ofthe wx: ts ade wld Sour links recat woald be maintained, and its troops would pus fly to eae dennis, "As oon at man bad recngized the sinbliy of he seu as a media ‘trough which to dapach troops orto exchange wares, he tured Bis sstenoa to cotrting« weapon which woul eabe im to schiew ‘od renin cammund of the sa ~the ship of wa. With ro of seoagly ‘ened, maneumble vel which euld deve che enaay Sloe is, the means wa t hand Hence from the ert dye we have reads of ‘nol tat, athe combatants sore to eeu the advange of mai ‘ne prdaminance by desroying the enemy eet ot tat by frig i to remain i Harbour? Te was ae ofthe ba tenes ofthe navalit rthodony, therefore, thet in the wattle alld the atdoet— Irerdaton 3 the kere fsx power ly. Saullsale ring operons or osainal stacks upon trading vessels o the ter hand, provided only «temporary td loc oper whch wuld vanish son atthe owe bt Bet ‘avive A gure de cor, as Maban pointed on, could ua shake ‘he pomeion ofthat verbaig power on he sen which dies the ty ag iy oll pp xiv afi nd wich, by crating the reat conan coe the ghee by whch commerce move 2d fom teeny shores! Tn hit sateen, which probly come tov defn ofa owes Maun eve tend he fess hs fel sea fo {he empha pin «sts pact daptch tp com the x tom ej pater capa pe otal of mere ade ‘ote, Thi irene yb xpd cay by te wins pain the dvdopoas ofa owe, wich Se Yond oe me fuel aoc in tog tam and ple evap Dosing the sug, en tel over any Gutsy wate a lt sel the tua of op oe tee to nthe a ps wet th asim nd dno ofa poe: ha Ricnond and Pte tod [ini old ws in the mere cay iden hat ‘eet ot tt anng. Nevis, te goth of western on {edt more spiced ser od aims of ca power by abr he seventeenth cay: tng by ea nd bce bo widopead ad eloped hatin erthanc end roto were respi ng of fat importance to the natn on echolgea advncs i ie ‘Srarucon, seg navn sd peer le tothe rh the lp lie ine tbe proenaref tbe modern bate; erlrton ovr, ted the ebm of dig poe nd oi awe sn A ‘inened ninceaing proportion of Europe’ we ono ope ‘Seven andes coreqocnf lh seen sae Dt abd ed sending vie. “This ito empha from the shore a cial im of mse ‘ering aie over ratef the ng grantee in of salting pemsnee nao wren ~ bth nem of rel rade sd mandng want expan the arity of eon of owe tthe ener sly tensa nwt upon th ao Iie, orain write of he vl Ble Wate Ge. mee naval) sci of he nner placed wo ch cpa upon the {Sblanen ofconmandftheseby tte hens ‘Eig to the enon’ emmeree cad war eft ta thy tended Allover minor the espero ope oor thes Bolingbroke Patris King (74) wen be wrote: Like other amphibioserials we ‘mast come occaonaly on share: but the water i more propel our emeat, and in i a8 we find our genet security, 90 We eet out ‘peste fre? ‘Ar weshll ac later, tarp th was to adopt an exaggerate poste which ignored many bas apes ofthe complex relatonship Berea fan's explbion of land power end vx power; bu dows a leat lata th dfiuy of formulating defiton ofthe ter solely in ‘erm ofthe projection of itary srength oeraes,Jlos Caso the ‘Normans may have toogit of teach, bat in te pot-Renssance ver sex power has alays been reparded asa more cole ad fr~ Feaching force, inveing at only wartime invasion occ but also {tae cnloinneconmie pizy and natonal wealth, When Halifax wrote in G4 Locke to your Mowe. The fst sie ofan Englishman's po cred must by tht he beiveth in these he was indicating {hata sage had been raced where wa power fad become a foremost ‘at of he naonalpilsophy. Lisle wooder, chen, that all who have Iavertpned die phenomenon hare heated to give Be and simple

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