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College: Winter 2018 Full Issue Winter 2018 Volume 71, Number 1 Winter 2018 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2018 1 7085_Winter2018Review.indd 1 10/31/17 9:42 AM Naval War College Review, Vol. 71 [2018], No. 1, Art. 12 Cover USS Harnett County, shown just before departure for Vietnam in 1966, is now BRP Sierra Madre. The dilapidated former U.S. tank landing ship is currently “on station” in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea—aground on Ayungin, or Second Thomas, Shoal. Philippine marines stationed aboard the ship maintain a maritime presence to bolster their country’s claim to the disputed area, also claimed to varying degrees by China, Vietnam, and Malaysia. In this issue, in “Getting Serious about Strategy in the South China Sea,” authors Hal Brands and Zack Cooper analyze the four basic strategic options by which the United States might respond to China’s mode of advancing its interests in this area of contrasting and conflicting claims, capa- bilities, methods, and values. Credit: United States Naval Institute https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol71/iss1/12 2 7085_Winter2018Review.indd 2 10/31/17 9:42 AM College: Winter 2018 Full Issue NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW Winter 2018 Volume 71, Number 1 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE PRESS 686 Cushing Road Newport, RI 02841-1207 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2018 3 7100_FrontMatter.indd 1 11/7/17 12:33 PM Naval War College Review, Vol. 71 [2018], No. 1, Art. 12 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE PRESS ADVISORY BOARD PRESIDENT, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE Adam Bellow Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley, USN Seth Cropsey PROVOST Jeffrey Kline Dr. Lewis M. Duncan Gale A. Mattox Capt. Robert C. Rubel, USN (Ret.) 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ISSN 0028-1484 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2018 5 Winter2018Review.indb 3 11/1/17 9:56 AM Naval War College Review, Vol. 71 [2018], No. 1, Art. 12 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol71/iss1/12 6 7100_FrontMatter.indd 4 11/7/17 12:33 PM College: Winter 2018 Full Issue CONTENTS From the Editors . 5 President’s Forum . 9 Strategy and Policy Getting Serious about Strategy in the South China Sea . 13 Hal Brands and Zack Cooper As Chinese advances in the South China Sea accumulate and the situation reaches a critical stage, the United States has four basic options for filling the strategy vacuum. Antiaccess Warfare as Strategy From Campaign Analyses to Assessment of Extrinsic Events . 33 Sam J. Tangredi Countering antiaccess warfare as a peacetime strategy requires an intragovernmental approach. Maritime Strategy Riverine Warfare Exploiting a Vital Maneuver Space . 53 Kevin Rowlands Global strategic trends place riverine systems at the forefront of likely zones of conflict. Prudence requires possession of the military ability to operate and maneuver effectively in such areas. Operational Assessment The Aircraft Carrier in Indian Naval Doctrine Assessing the Likely Usefulness of the Flattop in an Indo-Pakistani War Scenario . 71 Ben Wan Beng Ho The utility and survivability of India’s much-vaunted carrier force could be severely limited during a war with a near-peer adversary such as Pakistan; India should evaluate the issue and consider measures to address it. Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2018 7 7089_TOC.indd 1 11/2/17 10:17 AM 2 NAVAL WAR COLLEGENaval REVIEW War College Review, Vol. 71 [2018], No. 1, Art. 12 Naval History From a Prestige Fleet to the Jeune École French Naval Policy and Strategy under the Second Empire and the Early Third Republic (1852–1914) . 93 Hugues Canuel Both the Second Empire and Jeune École approaches to building a fleet failed, leaving France in a difficult position on the eve of the First World War. Sea Power in the Peloponnesian War . 119 John Nash Conventional views of the Peloponnesian War see sea power as relevant to only one side, but ex- amining the full range of maritime operations provides a better picture of the war’s truly maritime nature. Commentary Command and Control during the “Perfect Storm”: Hurricane Irma and the Ensuing Natural Disasters during September 2017 within Region 9, Marine Corps Embassy Security Group . 140 Joseph E. Galvin Review Essays The Netherworld of Geopolitics . 147 The Demon of Geopolitics: How Karl Haushofer “Educated” Hitler and Hess, by Holger H. Herwig reviewed by George Michael The United States, China, and Thucydides’s Many, Many Traps . 152 Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? by Graham Allison reviewed by Karl F. Walling Book Reviews Japan’s Security Renaissance: New Policies and Politics for the Twenty-First Century, by Andrew L. Oros reviewed by John Bradford and Matt Noland . 159 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol71/iss1/12 8 7089_TOC.indd 2 11/2/17 10:17 AM College: Winter 2018 Full Issue CONTENTS 3 The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War against Radical Islam and Its Allies, by Michael T. Flynn and Michael Ledeen reviewed by David T. Burbach. 161 Designing Gotham: West Point Engineers and the Rise of Modern New York, 1817–1898, by Jon Scott Logel reviewed by Kevin J. Delamer . 163 Duel au large: La guerre de Sécession devant Cherbourg (19 juin 1864); Enquête et récit, by Jacky Desquesnes reviewed by John B. Hattendorf . 164 NATO and the North Atlantic: Revitalising Collective Defence, ed. John Andreas Olsen reviewed by Gjert Lage Dyndal . 165 The Leader’s Bookshelf, by Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.), and R. Manning Ancell reviewed by John J. Salesses . 166 A Tale of Two Navies: Geopolitics, Technology, and Strategy in the United States Navy and the Royal Navy, 1960–2015, by Anthony R.