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The blue age, how the US Navy created global prosperity--and why we're in danger of losing it, Gregg Easterbrook

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The blue age, how the US Navy created global prosperity--and why we're in danger of losing it, Gregg Easterbrook

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The blue age

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Gregg Easterbrook

Sub title

how the US Navy created global prosperity--and why we're in danger of losing it

Summary

"The United States has by far the most powerful naval fleet in the world. Other nations are not even trying to keep up. This has enabled America to stand sentinel over crucial waterways like the Strait of Malacca, ensuring safe passage of goods with little interruption. But we are entering a new era. What will happen if the US does not keep spending resources on improving trade between other nations? Will China's rising economic influence and regional aggression cause us to pull ships out of the South China Sea, or result in a conflict between our navies? What will happen if new shipping lanes are opened near the Arctic Circle, or other places changed by global warming? Surveying both decades of naval history and a world of contemporary politics, this book makes a unique and urgent argument about the future of global trade"--, Provided by publisher

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