The UK as a Medium Maritime Power in the 21st Century Logistics for
This book argues that the UK, as a post-modern globalised state, will require means to have influence over events and opponents that threaten the UK's interests in the 21st century, and that its means is the Royal Navy. However, unlike other studies, this
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The UK as a Medium Maritime Power in the 21st Century
Christopher Martin
The UK as a Medium Maritime Power in the 21st Century Logistics for Influence
Christopher Martin School of Law and Politics University of Hull Law and Politics Hull, UK
ISBN 978-1-137-01236-4 ISBN 978-1-137-01237-1 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-01237-1
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PREFACE
Less than a century ago there was huge public awareness of the importance of the Royal Navy. The navy was the first line of defence from invasion and protected the empire and the trade upon which British wealth and security depended. Children collected cards of naval heroes much like children today collect stickers of football stars. The Royal Navy was, then at least, synonymous in the public mind with defence and prosperity. Today, despite the UK’s deep dependency upon the globalised maritimebased trading system, the general public is almost completely ‘sea-blind’. Few understand what the Royal Navy does. One might also ask if many policy-makers really understand too. From its days of naval supremacy, by 1990 the Royal Navy had been reduced to little more than an anti-submarine warfare force. Following the SDR98 the Royal Navy appeared to have been granted a new life and the focus was shifted to power projection. Nevertheless, the numbers of ships continued to dwindle with the Royal Navy obtaining ever fewer but more expensi
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