Sea Power and the Asia-Pacific ─ The Triumph of Neptune?

Political and defense scholars and members of the US Navy place the current status of the Asia-Pacific region into the historical role of sea power in the rise and fall of nations and empires. Their topics include the US as a Pacific power, China's maritime traditions and navy today, India's growing naval power in the Indian Ocean, the sea power and navy of the Republic of Korea, and the British Pacific Fleet and the decline of empire. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Patrick C. Bratton is Assistant Professor of political science and Program Chair for Political Science and International Relations at the Hawaii pacific University, Honolulu.

Geoffrey Till is the Director of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies at King’s College London. He is the author of a number of books, including, most recently, The Development of British Naval Thinking (Routledge 2006), Globalization and the Defence in Asia (co-ed. with Emrys Chew and Joshua Ho, Routledge, 2008), and Seapower: A Guide for the 21st Century (2nd edn, Routledge 2009).