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This book examines the origins of the U.S. Navy's 2007 Maritime Strategy, the formation of the U.S. government's "Pivot to Asia" strategy, and the most recent revisions to this strategy that focus more specifically on China. The book also explores the internal and external repercussions on the U.S. Navy of the Pivot to Asia.
List of contents
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction: Why a New Maritime Strategy?
Chapter 1: A Short History of the Process Behind Writing CS-21: A Cooperative
Strategy for 21st-Century Seapower
Chapter 2: Maritime Strategy Option Echo's Impact on CS-21
Chapter 3: Fine-tuning the CS-21 Maritime Strategy Document
Chapter 4: Accolades and Criticism of CS-21
Chapter 5: The Pivot to Asia
Chapter 6: The Fat Leonard Scandal and Solving East Asian US. Navy Corruption
Chapter 7: The Capable, the Corrupt, and the Collisions
Chapter 8: Problems in Paradise: The Harley Education Revolution, Mutiny, and Takedown
Conclusions: CS-21, CS-21 Refresh, and Novus Ordo Seclorum
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Appendix 1: The Historical Background of Maritime Strategies
Appendix 2: Maritime Strategy Alpha
Appendix 3: Maritime Strategy Option Bravo
Appendix 4: Maritime Strategy Option Charlie
Appendix 5: Maritime Strategy Option Delta
Appendix 6: Bryan McGrath’s Version of Maritime Strategy Option Echo
Appendix 7: Naval War College Version of Maritime Strategy Option Echo
Appendix 8: The Final Maritime Strategy Document Issued October 2007
Appendix 9: CNO Gary Roughead Guidance 25 October 2007
Appendix 10: Statement by Admiral Gary Roughead Chief of Naval Operations 13 December 2007
Appendix 11: Proposed Outline for MARSTRAT Discussion with PCNO
Appendix 12: News From the Strategy and Policy Department,Feb. 5, 2013
Appendix 13: A Cooperative Strategy for 21st-Century Seapower, March 2015
Selected Bibliography
About the Author
Index
About the author
Bruce A. Elleman is William V. Pratt Professor of International History at the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Summary
This book examines the origins of the U.S. Navy’s 2007 Maritime Strategy, the formation of the U.S. government’s "Pivot to Asia" strategy, and the most recent revisions to this strategy that focus more specifically on China. The book also explores the internal and external repercussions on the U.S. Navy of the Pivot to Asia.
