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Ed. With historical and contemporary examples in mind, the author reconsiders naval strike as an indirect method of pursuing sea control. A 20 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a new biography of Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan.

Ed. The Naval Staff Research author contends that the current warfare transformation demonstrates a systemic technological model favouring the defensive or, in naval terms, sea denial. How should the RN, which must act offensively to achieve policy objectives, adapt? A 10 minute read.

Ed. A balanced and insightful investigation into the iconoclastic leadership style of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, master organiser and exacting operational planner. A 45 minute read.

Ed. The expert author tackles the thorny question of academic freedom in the US Professional Military Education field. Originally published in the USNI’s Proceedings, June 2026. A 10 minute read.

Ed. Originally published in two parts in 1999 [87/1, p. 3 & 87/2, p. 105], the author elaborated with particular clarity the strategic, operational and doctrinal rationale for what is now the current RN carrier aviation capability in the Joint Armed Forces post-Cold War environment. A 50 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers the concluding volume in a four-book series providing an account of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of the Second World War.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book providing a detailed case study of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, exploring the rationale for the raid and its execution.

Ed. With his trademark dissident perspective, the author tackles what he describes as the long-term decline of European and British maritime power, and compares the present situation in the Middle East with the financial consequences of the outbreak of war in 1914. A 15 minute read.