Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans

By James Stavridis.

A survey of the world's oceans that connects naval history and maritime geography with international power, modern security challenges and environmental threats.

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Read it with a map close at hand. The book invites a discussion of how geography shapes political options, and why events at sea matter to societies whose daily attention remains on land.