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A Thoroughly Efficient Navy/

Kaufmann, William W.

A Thoroughly Efficient Navy/ - Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, c1987. - xii, 130 p.:ill, - Studies in defense policy .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this study, the author describes the genesis of the 600-ship navy, questions the merits of the maritime strategy proposed by the Navy as the basis for the fleet, and examines the role of naval forces in nuclear deterrence, protection of the major sea-lanes, the projection of military power with carrier battle groups and amphibious forces, and peacetime patrols overseas.

0815748450 (pbk.) :


Military policy.


United States

VA58.4 / .K38 1987

359.00973 / KAU