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An up to date analysis of what it means to be a medium maritime power and of the challenges facing medium-power navies and their governments when dealing with twenty-first century security and strategy issues.
This book provides an up to date analysis of what it means to be a medium maritime power and of the challenges facing medium-power navies and their governments when dealing with twenty-first century security and strategy issues. It is intended as a work of real utility to contemporary naval strategists and decision makers in states with significant maritime interests but limited resources, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, India, France, Brazil and South Korea. The book builds significantly on the ground-breaking analytical work of Rear Admiral Richard Hill, particularly his 1986 book Maritime Strategy for Medium Powers, which has been the key work on maritime strategy written for medium power navies in the last half century. Maritime Strategy for Medium Powers in the Twenty-First Century covers the subject comprehensively, identifies the distinctive approaches needed for the development of medium-power maritime strategy, and includes short case studies of medium power navies. It also includes an appreciation of the life and work of Richard Hill, to whose memory the book is dedicated.
This book provides an up to date analysis of what it means to be a medium maritime power and of the challenges facing medium-power navies and their governments when dealing with twenty-first century security and strategy issues. It is intended as a work of real utility to contemporary naval strategists and decision makers in states with significant maritime interests but limited resources, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, India, France, Brazil and South Korea. The book builds significantly on the ground-breaking analytical work of Rear Admiral Richard Hill, particularly his 1986 book Maritime Strategy for Medium Powers, which has been the key work on maritime strategy written for medium power navies in the last half century. Maritime Strategy for Medium Powers in the Twenty-First Century covers the subject comprehensively, identifies the distinctive approaches needed for the development of medium-power maritime strategy, and includes short case studies of medium power navies. It also includes an appreciation of the life and work of Richard Hill, to whose memory the book is dedicated.
Price: $130.00
Pages: 304
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Boydell Press
Publication Date:
10 November 2026
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781837653287
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HISTORY / Military / Naval, Naval forces and warfare, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Military and defence strategy, International relations, Maritime history
Rear Admiral James Goldrick was commander of the Australian Defence College 2008-11.
Steven Haines was Professor of Public International Law in the University of Greenwich.
Tim Benbow is Professor of Strategic Studies, and Director of Research, at the Department of Defence Studies at King's College London.
Chris O'Flaherty, a former Royal Navy officer and former Research Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, is currently Senior Technical Manager for The Nautical Institute.
Steven Haines was Professor of Public International Law in the University of Greenwich.
Tim Benbow is Professor of Strategic Studies, and Director of Research, at the Department of Defence Studies at King's College London.
Chris O'Flaherty, a former Royal Navy officer and former Research Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, is currently Senior Technical Manager for The Nautical Institute.
Illustrations
Contributors
Foreword
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE ADC RM, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
Preface
Steven Haines
Note
Tim Benbow and Steven Haines
List of abbreviations
Introduction
James Goldrick and Steven Haines
PART I: RICHARD HILL'S CONTRIBUTION TO NAVAL THINKING
1. Rear Admiral Richard Hill (1929-2017)
Peter Hore
2. Medium Power Strategy Revisited (2000)
Richard Hill
3. Medium Maritime Power Strategy Revisited: An Australian Perspective
Paul Dibb
PART II: CONSIDERING MEDIUM MARITIME POWER
4. What is 'Medium Power' and Which States Have It?
Rob Johnson
5. What is Maritime Strategy?
Andrew Lambert
6. Strategy, Doctrine, Policy and Concepts for Maritime Force Development
Michael Codner
7. Identifying 'Medium Maritime Powers'
Eric Grove
8. Roles for Medium Power Navies in the 'Post-Grotian Era'
Steven Haines
9. What Constitutes a 'Balanced Naval Force' and What Principles Shape Force Development for Medium Maritime Powers?
James Goldrick
10. Seapower in Combination: Medium-Power Navies and the Problem of Cooperation
Geoffrey Till
11. Logistics for Leadership: The Medium Maritime Power in an Age of Globalised Security
Chris Martin
PART III: CASE STUDIES
12. Australia
Peter Leavy
13. New Zealand and Medium-Level Sea Power
Andrew Watts
14. Japan: A Medium Maritime Power at Long Last?
Alessio Patalano
15. Chile
Matias Purcell
16. The United Kingdom and Maritime Strategy
Bruce Williams
17. Maritime-ness, Continentality and India as a Medium Power
Sudarshan Shrikhande
18. Is Russia a Medium Maritime Power?
Edward Hampshire
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
19. Maritime Strategy for Medium Powers: Some Conclusions
Tim Benbow
Index
Contributors
Foreword
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE ADC RM, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
Preface
Steven Haines
Note
Tim Benbow and Steven Haines
List of abbreviations
Introduction
James Goldrick and Steven Haines
PART I: RICHARD HILL'S CONTRIBUTION TO NAVAL THINKING
1. Rear Admiral Richard Hill (1929-2017)
Peter Hore
2. Medium Power Strategy Revisited (2000)
Richard Hill
3. Medium Maritime Power Strategy Revisited: An Australian Perspective
Paul Dibb
PART II: CONSIDERING MEDIUM MARITIME POWER
4. What is 'Medium Power' and Which States Have It?
Rob Johnson
5. What is Maritime Strategy?
Andrew Lambert
6. Strategy, Doctrine, Policy and Concepts for Maritime Force Development
Michael Codner
7. Identifying 'Medium Maritime Powers'
Eric Grove
8. Roles for Medium Power Navies in the 'Post-Grotian Era'
Steven Haines
9. What Constitutes a 'Balanced Naval Force' and What Principles Shape Force Development for Medium Maritime Powers?
James Goldrick
10. Seapower in Combination: Medium-Power Navies and the Problem of Cooperation
Geoffrey Till
11. Logistics for Leadership: The Medium Maritime Power in an Age of Globalised Security
Chris Martin
PART III: CASE STUDIES
12. Australia
Peter Leavy
13. New Zealand and Medium-Level Sea Power
Andrew Watts
14. Japan: A Medium Maritime Power at Long Last?
Alessio Patalano
15. Chile
Matias Purcell
16. The United Kingdom and Maritime Strategy
Bruce Williams
17. Maritime-ness, Continentality and India as a Medium Power
Sudarshan Shrikhande
18. Is Russia a Medium Maritime Power?
Edward Hampshire
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
19. Maritime Strategy for Medium Powers: Some Conclusions
Tim Benbow
Index