Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japanese Maritime Thought: If Not Mahan, Who?

Naval War College Review – Postwar Japan is a case study in strategy making without a larger theoretical framework. Imperial Japanís attachment to Mahanian strategic theory did not outlive World War II. Japanís break with Mahanian thought, however, is occurring at a moment in history when Chinaís ambitions could usher in a new age of Mahan.
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