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Book SynopsisThese essays from the journal International Security cover aspects of past and present naval technologies and explore current disputes over American naval doctrine. Four of the contributions--those by Linton Brooks, John Mearsheimer, Barry Posen, and Joshua Epstein--describe the case for and against the Reagan administration's controversial Maritim
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*The Contributors, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Planning a Navy: The Risks of Conventional Wisdom, pg. 3*Naval Power and National Security, pg. 16*A Strategic Misstep, pg. 47*Horizontal Escalation, pg. 102*Naval Power and Soviet Global Strategy, pg. 115*Technology and the Evolution of Naval Warfare, pg. 173*Will Strategic Submarines Be Vulnerable?, pg. 222*The Submarine in Naval Warfare, 1901-2001, pg. 238*Stopping the Sea- Based Counterforce Threat, pg. 285*Nuclear War at Sea, pg. 303*Inadvertent Nuclear War?, pg. 332*A Quiet Success for Arms Control, pg. 359
