Operational Warfare at Sea: Theory and Practice

Vego, Milan

Routledge

Exercising Control of the Sea (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

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Product Description This book explains both the strategic and the operational aspects of exercising control of the sea.The struggle for sea control consists of three mutually related and overlapping phases: obtaining, maintaining and exercising sea control. It is in the phase of exercising sea control when one’s strategic or operational success is exploited; otherwise, the fruits of victories achieved would be wasted. This work describes the strategy of a stronger side in wartime after a desired degree of control has been obtained, which is followed by a discussion on the objectives and main methods used in exercising sea control. The remaining chapters explain and analyze in some detail each of the main methods of exercising sea control: defence and protection of one’s own and destruction/neutralization of the enemy’s military-economic potential at sea, capturing the enemy’s operationally important positions ashore, destroying/weakening the enemy’s military-economic potential ashore and supporting one’s ground forces in their offensive and defensive operations on the coast. This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, sea power and naval history. About the Author Milan Vego is an ADM R.K. Turner Professor of Operational Art and University Professor at the Naval War College, Rhode Island, USA.

Operational Warfare at Sea: Theory and Practice (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

This work explains and critically examines the main theoretical aspects of operational warfare at sea.\nIt utilizes diverse examples from naval history, ranging from the ancient era to the present day, to offer a comprehensive description and analysis of the key components of operational warfare at sea today. Specifically, it explains the military/naval objectives, levels of war, types of major naval/joint operations and maritime campaigns, and their main elements. In contrast to many works, this book focuses on the role of the naval operational commanders in command and control and decision-making. It also describes in great detail the main elements of naval operational leadership and operational thinking, which are illustrated by examples of successful warfighting admirals. This new edition has been completely revised and updated, with three new chapters, and analyses in even more detail the planning and execution of major naval/joint operations and maritime campaigns.\nThis book is intended to serve as a primer of how to plan, prepare, and execute major naval/joint operations and maritime campaigns for naval operational commanders and their staffs, but will also be of great interest to students of naval power, strategic studies, and military history in general.

Maritime Strategy and Sea Denial (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

This book focuses on the theory and practice of maritime strategy and operations by the weaker powers at sea.\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 enemy’s military-economic potential at sea, attacks on the enemy coast, defense of the coast, defense/capturing important positions/basing areas, and defense/capturing of a choke point. A majority of the world’s navies are currently of small or medium-size. In the case of a war with a much stronger opponent, they would be strategically on the defensive, and their main objective then would be to dispute control of the sea by a stronger side at sea. This book provides a practical guide to such a strategy.\nThis book would be of much interest to students of naval power, maritime security, strategic studies and military/naval history.

This new volume provides a comprehensive analysis of both the theory and practice of operational warfare at sea. The book is unique in using diverse sources and examples to present a comprehensive topical description and analysis of the key components of operational warfare at sea today. It opens with a survey of the emergence of operational warfare at sea since the end of the Napoleonic Wars, going on describe and analyze the objectives of naval warfare at the operational level and methods of employment of naval forces for accomplishing these objectives. The book explains the specifics of operational functions in a maritime theatre, discusses the personality traits and professional education required for successful naval operational commanders, and explores naval operational command and control in both peacetime and war, closing with predictions for the future of operational warfare at sea. This book serves as a primer of how to plan, prepare and execute major naval operations and campaigns for naval commanders and their staffs, but will also be of interest to advanced students of naval history, strategic studies and military history in general.

Operational Warfare at Sea: Theory and Practice (Cass Naval Policy and History)

History

Military

Austro-Hungarian Naval Policy, 1904-1914 (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

This unique account describes the interplay of factors in the emergence of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from a coastal defence force in 1904 to a respectable battle force by the eve of World War I.

This unique and comprehensive account describes the interplay of internal and external factors in the emergence of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from a coastal defence force in 1904 to a respectable battle force capable of the joint operations with other Triple Alliance fleets in the Mediterranean by the eve of World War I. By 1914 the Austro-Hungarian Navy was the sixth largest navy in the world and the quality of its officers and men was widely recognised by most European naval observers at the time. The book describes the relationships between naval leaders, the heir to the throne Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and the Parliament in shaping the dual Monarchy's naval policy. It also shows how the changes in foreign policy in Italy and underlying animosities between Rome and Vienna led to a naval race in the Adriatic that eventually bolstered Germany's naval position in respect to Great Britain in the North Sea.

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Soviet Naval Tactics

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Operational Warfare at Sea: Theory and Practice

Exercising Control of the Sea (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

Exercising Control of the Sea (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

Operational Warfare at Sea: Theory and Practice (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

Maritime Strategy and Sea Denial (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

Operational Warfare at Sea: Theory and Practice (Cass Naval Policy and History)

Operational Warfare at Sea: Theory and Practice (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

Austro-Hungarian Naval Policy, 1904-1914 (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

Austro-Hungarian Naval Policy, 1904-1914 (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

Soviet Naval Tactics