Episode 682: Seablindness, from the Mother Country to her Children
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Episode 682: Seablindness, from the Mother Country to her Children
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Especially for the Royal Navy, it was assumed the military leaders, politicians, and the general population understood that they were island nations and that their security and prosperity depended on...
show moreEven the greatest naval power of the last century, the United States of America seems to be unable to have people understand why it needs a strong navy. What happened?
Focused primarily on the core of the issue with the Royal Navy, our guest for the full hour to discuss the scourge of seablindness will be Dr James WE Smith, the Laughton-Corbett Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London.
He completed his PhD in ‘War and Strategic Studies’ that focused on studying the organization of defense and defense unification in the UK and US and how that impacts strategy and strategic thought. This has complemented a broader research effort which has taken nearly fifteen years about the devaluation of sea, navies and maritime strategy in nations and strategic thought from seabed to space.
Links:
- 'Seablindness' and the Royal Navy Today
- The US Navy versus Seablindness: par for the course for America?
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