Maritime Strategy and Sea Denial: Theory and Practice, Vego 9780367663261 New..

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Maritime Strategy and Sea DenialTheory and Practice\nAuthor(s): Milan Vego\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367663261, 978-0367663261\nSynopsis\nThis book focuses on the theory and practice of maritime strategy and operations by the weaker powers at sea.\n\nIllustrated by examples from naval and military history, the book explains and analyzes the strategies of the weaker side at sea in both peacetime and wartime; in defense versus offense; the main prerequisites for disputing control of the sea; and the conceptual framework of disputing control of the sea. It also explains and analyzes in some detail the main methods of disputing sea control avoiding/seeking decisive encounters, weakening enemy naval forces over time, counter-containment of enemy naval forces, destroying the enemys military-economic potential at sea, attacks on the enemy coast, defense of the coast, defense/capturing important positions/basing.