Letter to the Editor: Seablindness

Letter to the Editor: Seablindness

22 Oct 24
Posted by: Dr James W E Smith
5 minutes, 13 seconds read
Message from the Editor

Responding to Callum O’Connell’s article our correspondent argues that the concept of ‘ocean literacy’ represents another fundamental misunderstanding of Britain’s traditional maritime strategy.

Sir, – The argument to abandon the term ‘seablindness’ in favour of ‘ocean literacy’ is a futile exercise. Time spent debating the merits of terms in this fashion is yet another example of organisational myopia which is akin to throwing yet another ‘smoke grenade’ in the way of the truth and wasting yet more precious time. There has been quite enough of that over recent decades, and something the Royal Navy has too frequently had close calls with, particularly in the Edwardian era. The truth is understanding by the state of maritime strategy, sea power, and why the nation has the Royal N…

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