CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Toshi Yoshihara
Chapter 2: Imperial China and the Sea 17
John Curtis Perry
Chapter 3: The Last Days of the Royal Navy: Lessons from Britain’s
Strategic Retreat from the Pacific
32
Nicholas Evan Sarantakes
Chapter 4: Clipper Ships to Carriers: U.S. Maritime Strategy in Asia 46
Bernard D. Cole
Chapter 5: Can China Become a Maritime Power? 70
Andrew S. Erickson
Chapter 6: An Oil Armada? The Commercial and Strategic Significance
of China’s Growing Tanker Fleet
111
Gabriel Collins
Chapter 7: India as a Maritime Power? 125
Andrew C. Winner
Chapter 8: Japanese Maritime Thought: If Not Mahan, Who? 146
James R. Holmes