Dr Jeremy Stocker is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He served as a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy for 20 years, specialising in air defence, before transferring to the Royal Naval Reserve in 1996. Captain Stocker has seen active service in the Persian Gulf (1990) and in Afghanistan (2006). He retired in 2016. Jeremy's PhD was awarded by the University of Hull in 2003 for a thesis on British policy towards ballistic missile defence. His second book, Architects of Continental Seapower: Comparing Tirpitz and Gorshkov was published in 2021.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsKey PersonalitiesGeneral IntroductionPart I: Wartime Planning for the Postwar Fleet, January 1944-August 1945Part II: Postwar Retrenchment, August 1945-March 1947Part III: The Nine-Year Plan, March 1947-November 1948Part IV: The Revised Restricted Fleet, December 1948-June 1950 Sources and DocumentsIndex

This book will be one of the foundational texts to consult for debate and analysis of the Royal Navy after 1945, a debate in desperate need of a reboot. Indispensable... Congratulations to the editor and NRS.

Dr Jeremy Stocker is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He served as a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy for 20 years, specialising in air defence, before transferring to the Royal Naval Reserve in 1996. Captain Stocker has seen active service in the Persian Gulf (1990) and in Afghanistan (2006). He retired in 2016. Jeremy's PhD was awarded by the University of Hull in 2003 for a thesis on British policy towards ballistic missile defence. His second book, Architects of Continental Seapower: Comparing Tirpitz and Gorshkov was published in 2021.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsKey PersonalitiesGeneral IntroductionPart I: Wartime Planning for the Postwar Fleet, January 1944-August 1945Part II: Postwar Retrenchment, August 1945-March 1947Part III: The Nine-Year Plan, March 1947-November 1948Part IV: The Revised Restricted Fleet, December 1948-June 1950 Sources and DocumentsIndex

This book will be one of the foundational texts to consult for debate and analysis of the Royal Navy after 1945, a debate in desperate need of a reboot. Indispensable... Congratulations to the editor and NRS.

Dr Jeremy Stocker is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He served as a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy for 20 years, specialising in air defence, before transferring to the Royal Naval Reserve in 1996. Captain Stocker has seen active service in the Persian Gulf (1990) and in Afghanistan (2006). He retired in 2016. Jeremy's PhD was awarded by the University of Hull in 2003 for a thesis on British policy towards ballistic missile defence. His second book, Architects of Continental Seapower: Comparing Tirpitz and Gorshkov was published in 2021.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsKey PersonalitiesGeneral IntroductionPart I: Wartime Planning for the Postwar Fleet, January 1944-August 1945Part II: Postwar Retrenchment, August 1945-March 1947Part III: The Nine-Year Plan, March 1947-November 1948Part IV: The Revised Restricted Fleet, December 1948-June 1950 Sources and DocumentsIndex

This book will be one of the foundational texts to consult for debate and analysis of the Royal Navy after 1945, a debate in desperate need of a reboot. Indispensable... Congratulations to the editor and NRS.