A Viewing List: – Booknotes on C-SPAN1 and BookTV on C-SPAN2 every weekend have at least one interesting interview with or reading by an author / historian related to their recent books related to geopolitics, world history, or military history. An outstanding resource, check their weekly programming schedules!

US Navy – At a time when the Navy is making deep cuts in uniformed personnel, the ìbottom lineî is not a number but a ìrevolutionaryî concept in how the service matches its sailors to its needs, according to the chief of naval personnel.

• Sea Power: New Technologies, Changing Priorities Foretell Need for Fewer Naval Personnel

Background – China – Interesting yearly look at the Chinese military, with a small amount of information about the Chinese Navy in it.

• Department of Defense: Annual Report on the Military Power of the People’s Republic of China (PDF format)