Freedom of the Seas and US Foreign Policy

This book critically analyzes US political-military strategy by arguing that freedom of the seas discourse is fundamentally unfit for an era of maritime great power competition.

Autorentext

Connor Donahue received his PhD from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and his masters from King's College London. He is currently working for the US Department of the Navy.

Inhalt

Introduction Part I: Mare Liberum 1. Setting the Stage 2. Charting a Course 3. The Institutionalization of Freedom of the Seas Discourse 4. Doctrinal Change at the Turn of the Century, 1880-1912 5. Woodrow Wilson and The First World War Part II: Mare Imperium 6. The Second World War 7. The Cold War Part I 8. The Cold War Part II 9. Post-Cold War Discourse Conclusion