TY  - BOOK
AU  - Easterbrook,Gregg
TI  - The blue age: how the US Navy created global prosperity--and why we're in danger of losing it 
SN  - 9781541742543
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Sea-power
KW  - Trade routes
KW  - Shipping
KW  - History, Naval
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "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"--
ER  -