Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific (eBook, ePUB)

Heritage and Contemporary Challenges
Redaktion: Hensel, Howard M.; Gupta, Amit

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This valuable study highlights the current prospects for peace and security in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific and evaluates possible alternative scenarios for future developments in what is rapidly becoming recognized as an integrated zone of global interaction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351838832
• Artikelnr.: 50403915

Autorenporträt

Howard M. Hensel is Professor of Politico-Military Affairs at the USAF Air War College, USA. Amit Gupta is Associate Professor of International Security Studies at the USAF Air War College, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION. PART I THE MARITIME HERITAGE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE
WESTERN PACIFIC. 1. The Indian Ocean, Crossroads between East and West: Pre
1904. 2.The Great Power Struggle for the Indian Ocean and the Western
Pacific: 1904-1949. 3. Decolonization and the Cold War in the Indian Ocean
and the Western Pacific: 1945-1991. 4. Maritime Strategic Developments in
the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Since the End of the Cold War.
PART II CONTEMPORARY MARITIME CHALLENGES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE
WESTERN PACIFIC. 5. Strategic Maritime Oil Chokepoints in the Indian Ocean
and the Western Pacific. 6. From the Suez Canal to the Gulf of Aden. 7.
U.S. National Security Policy and the Persian Gulf. 8. The Security
Significance of the Malacca-Singapore Straits. 9. The South China Sea: A
Chinese Perspective. 10. Sino-Japanese Maritime Conflicts and Security
Concerns in the East China Sea. CONCLUSION.