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02671aam a2200385Ia 4500 001 340980700AF111E39305B8A1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130822010304 008 120620s2013 nyuab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a bl2013003199 020 $a 1590207890 020 $a 9781590207895 035 $a (OCoLC)796756155 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d KLP $d IEP $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BUR $d VP@ $d SILO 050 14 $a VA58.4 $b .C76 2013 082 04 $a 359.00973 $2 23 100 1 $a Cropsey, Seth. 245 10 $a Mayday : $b the decline of American naval supremacy / $c Seth Cropsey. 260 $a New York : $b Overlook Duckworth, $c 2013. 300 $a 336 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a In this alarming defense of American seapower, Navy insider Seth Cropsey blows the whistle on America's weakening naval might in the twenty-first century. As with other powerful nations throughout history, maritime supremacy has been the key to America's rise to superpower status and the relative peace of the postwar era. Over the past two decades, however, while Washington has been preoccupied with land wars and targeted drone-centric operations, the United States Navy's combat fleet has dwindled to historic lows--the smallest since before World War I. At the same time, rival nations such as China have increased the size of their navies at an extraordinary rate. As Cropsey convincingly argues, the precipitous decline of the U.S. as a great sea power, due in large part to budget cuts, will have profound consequences sooner than we might think.--From publisher description. 505 0 $a American seapower in distress -- Alfred Thayer Mahan: seapower as an instrument of democratic expansion -- The roots of American seapower -- The future of American seapower -- America adrift -- China and the coming threats to dominance -- What is lost can never be regained -- Can America still manufacture its own weapons? -- To be a great power, or not -- Changing American maritime strategy. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-324) and index. 610 10 $a United States. $b Navy $x History $y 20th century. 610 10 $a United States. $b Navy $x History $y 21st century. 651 0 $a United States $x History, Naval $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History, Naval $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Sea-power $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Naval strategy $x History $y 21st century. 941 $a 4 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204063611.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110045540.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20180307025239.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826071905.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=340980700AF111E39305B8A1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search