- Although it must be noted that, beginning in 1929, Depression-era concerns and other
U.S. Navy priorities would have severely restricted the amount of resources available for build-
ing fortifications on far-flung islands. - See the seminal and still important article by Samuel P. Huntington, ‘‘National Policy
and the Transoceanic Navy,’’U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings80, no. 5 (May 1954): 483–93. - Formally issued in 1986; see John B. Hattendorf,The Evolution of the U.S. Navy’s
Maritime Strategy, 1977–1986(Newport, RI: Naval War College Press, 1986), http://www.
nwc.navy.mil/press/newportpapers/documents/19.pdf. - To little effect. The author was a firsthand witness to and participant in these bureau-
cratic battles during the 1980s. - Text is at http://www.navy.mil/navydata/policy/fromsea/fromsea.txt.
- Text is at http://www.navy.mil/navydata/policy/fromsea/ffseanoc.html.
- Ibid.
- This discussion includes reference to Sam Bateman, ‘‘Navies of the World Unite: Will
the New U.S. Maritime Strategy Work?’’IDSS Commentaries79 (2006), August 11, 2006,
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/RSIS/publications/Perspective/IDSS0792006.pdf. For the text ofSea
Power 21,see Vern Clark, ‘‘Sea Power 21,’’U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings(October 2002),
http://www.usni.org/PROCEEDINGS/ARTICLES02/PROCNO10.HTM. - White House,The National Strategy for Maritime Security(Washington, DC:
Government Printing Office, September 2005), http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/
maritime-security.html. - White House,National Strategy for Maritime Security,4.
- Chief of naval operations directed meeting at the Naval War College, August 2006, in
which the author participated. - Bateman, ‘‘Navies of the World Unite,’’ 1.
- John G. Morgan Jr. and Charles W. Martoglio, ‘‘The 1,000-Ship Navy Global
Maritime Network,’’U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings(November 2005): 14–17. - Sam Bateman, ‘‘Regional Responses to Enhance Maritime Security in East Asia,’’
Korean Journal of Defense Analysis93, no. 2 (summer 2006): 26. - William F. Fallon, testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on
Military Strategy and Operational Requirements in the FY 2007 Defense Budget, March 7,
- There are two other forward-deployed U.S. fleets: the Sixth, in the Mediterranean, and
the Fifth, in its Southwest Asian area of responsibility. - See ‘‘PRC FM Spokesman Protests Collision of US Navy Ship, Chinese Fishing Boat,’’
Agence France Presse, September 26, 2002, in FBIS-CPP20020926000105. - See for instance Chris Cockrell, ‘‘PRC Seeks Control over Coastal Exclusion Zone,’’
China Post,January 29, 2003, http://www.chinapost.com.tw.
Chapter 5
- The author thanks Profs. Lyle Goldstein, William Murray, and Andrew Wilson for their
invaluable guidance and support in the development of this chapter, which draws extensively
on a variety of articles that he has previously coauthored with them. This chapter is solely
based on the author’s personal opinions, and in no way reflects the policies or analyses of the
Naval War College, the Navy, or any other element of the U.S. government.
190 Notes