Seapower

Geoffrey Till is Emeritus Professor of Maritime Studies at King’s College London, holds the S. Rajaratnam Chair of Strategic Studies at the RSIS in Singapore and is a Senior non-resident Research Fellow at the US Naval War College. He is author of nearly 400 books, chapters and articles. His recent publications include Recovering Naval Power (with John Hattendorf, 2023) and How to Grow a Navy (2022).

• Chapter 1: Maritime Strategy: A Quick Introduction Chapter 2: Grey Zone Operations as Maritime Strategy Chapter 3: Why the Sea Matters Chapter 4: A Maritime Predisposition Chapter 5: Naval and Economic Power Chapter 6: Navies in a De-Globalising World? Alternative Futures Chapter 7: Who Said What and Why it Matters Chapter 8: Navies and Technology Chapter 9: Command of the Sea and Sea Control Chapter 10: Securing Sea Control Chapter 11: Exploiting Sea Control: The Control of Maritime Communications Chapter 12: Exploiting Sea Control: Operations from the Sea and Expeditionary Operations Chapter 13: Exploiting Sea Control: Stabilisation Operations Chapter 14: Maritime Security: An Introduction Chapter 15: Delivering Maritime Security Chapter 16: Naval Diplomacy Chapter 17: Only Connect

Reviews of previous editions:'A definitive study of the role of seapower, past, present and future.' -- Parliamentary Maritime Review‘A landmark work ... Till's excellent book will dominate maritime reading lists for years to come.’ - Colin S. Gray, RUSI Journal"A tour de force, a milestone work and essential professional reading." - Ship's Telegraph (Ministry of Defence)"In all, Seapower is very probably the best single work on sea power and maritime strategy to have been published for many years." - Journal of the Australian Naval Institute"If you happen to be teaching a course on sea power, it would be the perfect basic text." - USNI Proceedings"A comprehensive look at the political and military significance of the oceans in the new century…has much to offer students and the general public as well." - The Mariner’s Mirror"Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century is without doubt the best single publication on power in the maritime domain and naval strategy in general. It will remain a standard text book for those teaching naval strategy for many years to come. The book is a must read" - Abel Esterhuyse, Scientia Militaria