Exercising Control of the Sea

<p>This book explains both the strategic and the operational aspects of exercising control of the sea.</p><p>The struggle for sea control consists of three mutually related and overlapping phases: obtaining, maintaining and exercising sea control. It is in the phase of exercising sea control when one’s strategic or operational success is exploited; otherwise, the fruits of victories achieved would be wasted. This work describes the strategy of a stronger side in wartime after a desired degree of control has been obtained, which is followed by a discussion on the objectives and main methods used in exercising sea control. The remaining chapters explain and analyze in some detail each of the main methods of exercising sea control: defence and protection of one’s own and destruction/neutralization of the enemy’s military-economic potential at sea, capturing the enemy’s operationally important positions ashore, destroying/weakening the enemy’s military-economic potential ashore and supporting one’s ground forces in their offensive and defensive operations on the coast. </p><p>This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, sea power and naval history.</p> <p>1. Strategic Framework 2. Objectives and Main Methods 3. Defense of Military-Economic Potential at Sea 4. Protection of Military/Commercial Shipping 5. Destroying the Enemy's Military-Economic Potential at Sea 6. Containment of the Enemy's Maritime Trade 7. Capturing Operationally Important Positions Ashore 8. Destroying/Weakening Military-Economic Potential Ashore 9. Support of Ground Forces on the Coast</p>