Naval War College Review Volume 72 Article 1 Number 1 Winter 2019 2019 Winter 2019 Full Issue The .SU . Naval War College Follow this and additional works at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review Recommended Citation Naval War College, The .SU . (2019) "Winter 2019 Full Issue," Naval War College Review: Vol. 72 : No. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol72/iss1/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Naval War College Review by an authorized editor of U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Naval War College: Winter 2019 Full Issue Winter 2019 Volume 72, Number 1 Winter 2019 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2019 1 Naval War College Review, Vol. 72 [2019], No. 1, Art. 1 Cover Aerial view of an international container cargo ship. In “Ships of State?,” Christopher R. O’Dea describes how China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited has come to control a rapidly expanding network of ports and terminals, ostensibly for commercial purposes, but has thereby gained the ability to project power through the increased physical presence of its naval vessels—turning the oceans that historically have protected the United States from foreign threats into a venue in which China can challenge U.S. interests. Credit: Getty Images https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol72/iss1/1 2 Naval War College: Winter 2019 Full Issue NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW Winter 2019 Volume 72, Number 1 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE PRESS 686 Cushing Road Newport, RI 02841-1207 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2019 3 7266_FrontMatter.indd 1 12/12/18 11:37 AM Naval War College Review, Vol. 72 [2019], No. 1, Art. 1 NAVAL WAR COLLEGE PRESS ADVISORY BOARD PRESIDENT, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE Adam Bellow Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. 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ISSN 0028-1484 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2019 5 Winter2019Review.indb 3 12/4/18 11:13 AM Naval War College Review, Vol. 72 [2019], No. 1, Art. 1 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol72/iss1/1 6 7266_FrontMatter.indd 4 12/12/18 11:37 AM Naval War College: Winter 2019 Full Issue CONTENTS From the Editors . 3 President’s Forum . 7 Asia Rising China’s Global Naval Strategy and Expanding Force Structure Pathway to Hegemony . 11 James E. Fanell The balance of power in the Indo-Pacific is shifting as China spends its national treasure to build a modern, blue-water navy and exerts its influence around the region, and the world, through economic investment and military power projection. Beijing’s pursuit of the China Dream is push- ing America and its allies toward a decade of concern, when the already tenuous situation may experience further destabilization. Ships of State? . 56 Christopher R. O’Dea The commercial-strategic linkages and state support for PRC port and shipping ventures resemble a twenty-first-century version of the Dutch East India Company. These notionally commercial enterprises operate globally with the full financial and military backing of their home state, and the vessels that connect the ports are “ships of state,” functioning as instruments of Chinese national strategy while they sail as commercial carriers. Naval History Operation RHINE EXERCISE, May 18–27, 1941 . 89 Milan Vego The pursuit and sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941 constituted one of the largest fleet-versus-fleet operations in European waters during World War II. The British used forty-one surface ships, eight submarines, and fifty aircraft to hunt the Bismarck combat group. De- taching so many ships from convoy duty to take part in the pursuit represented a high but prudent risk by the Admiralty. Review Essays Closing the “Lippmann Gap” and the Future of American Grand Strategy . 146 American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump, by Hal Brands Republic in Peril: American Empire and the Liberal Tradition, by David Hendrickson reviewed by Karl Walling Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2019 7 7263_TOC.indd 1 12/6/18 9:56 AM 2 NAVAL WAR COLLEGENaval REVIEW War College Review, Vol. 72 [2019], No. 1, Art. 1 Sea Power: Does Europe Still Get It?. 151 The Decline of European Naval Forces: Challenges to Sea Power in an Age of Fiscal Austerity and Political Uncertainty, by Jeremy Stöhs reviewed by Martin N. Murphy Book Reviews World War II at Sea: A Global History, by Craig L. Symonds reviewed by Chris Parry . 154 Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval Life, by Thomas Alexander Hughes reviewed by John B. Hattendorf . 156 The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan’s Defense and American Strategy in Asia, by Ian Easton reviewed by William S. Murray . 157 Congress Buys a Navy: Politics, Economics, and the Rise of American Naval Power, 1881–1921, by Paul E. Pedisich reviewed by Blake I. Campbell . 159 Everything under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power, by Howard W. French reviewed by Sam J. Tangredi . 160 Anatomy of a Campaign: The British Fiasco in Norway, 1940, by John Kiszely reviewed by Lars Saunes . 162 The Cold War: A World History, by Odd Arne Westad reviewed by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes . 164 Incidents at Sea: American Confrontation and Cooperation with Russia and China, 1945–2016, by David F. Winkler reviewed by James P. McGrath III. 165 The British Carrier Strike Fleet after 1945, by David Hobbs reviewed by Angus Ross . 167 The Law of War: A Detailed Assessment of the US Department of Defense Law of War Manual, by William H. Boothby and Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg reviewed by Jeffrey Biller . 168 Soldiers and Civilization: How the Profession of Arms Thought and Fought the Modern World into Existence, by Reed Robert Bonadonna reviewed by Edward Erwin . 170 Selling War: A Critical Look at the Military’s PR Machine, by Steven J. Alvarez reviewed by Richard J. Norton. 171 Reflections on Reading . 175 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol72/iss1/1