audiobook Experience History: Interpreting America's Past by James West Davidson; Brian DeLay History Professor; Christine Leigh Heyrman; Mark H Lytle; Michael B Stoff in History

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From one of the most admired admirals of his generation—and the only admiral to serve as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO—comes a remarkable voyage through all of the world’s most important bodies of water; providing the story of naval power as a driver of human history and a crucial element in our current geopolitical path. From the time of the Greeks and the Persians clashing in the Mediterranean; sea power has determined world power. To an extent that is often underappreciated; it still does. No one understands this better than Admiral Jim Stavridis. In Sea Power; Admiral Stavridis takes us with him on a tour of the world’s oceans from the admiral’s chair; showing us how the geography of the oceans has shaped the destiny of nations; and how naval power has in a real sense made the world we live in today; and will shape the world we live in tomorrow.Not least; Sea Power is marvelous naval history; giving us fresh insight into great naval engagements from the battles of Salamis and Lepanto through to Trafalgar; the Battle of the Atlantic; and submarine conflicts of the Cold War. It is also a keen-eyed reckoning with the likely sites of our next major naval conflicts; particularly the Arctic Ocean; Eastern Mediterranean; and the South China Sea. Finally; Sea Power steps back to take a holistic view of the plagues to our oceans that are best seen that way; from piracy to pollution. When most of us look at a globe; we focus on the shape of the of the seven continents. Admiral Stavridis sees the shapes of the seven seas. After reading Sea Power; you will too. Not since Alfred Thayer Mahan’s legendary The Influence of Sea Power upon History have we had such a powerful reckoning with this vital subject.