Sea powers have many handicaps that often are forgotten, resulting in a dangerous overestimation of their safety, influence, and staying power in a competitive world. A more clear-eyed assessment of sea power-one less enamored of the grandeur associated with naval might-reveals that often their hopes were unwarranted and ended up having tragic results.
CONTINENTAL POLITICAL CONTROL--STRATEGY SEA POWER--FARAWAY LANDS--FLEXIBILITY AND DIPLOMATIC PERFIDY