The Blue Age: How the US Navy Created Global Prosperity--And Why We're in Danger of Losing It

by Gregg Easterbrook

Book Overview

The imperial dominance of the US Navy has brought half a century of peace and free trade to the world's waterways. But climate change and rising nationalism threaten to change that.

Most of human history has seen what Teddy Roosevelt called "incessant warfare on the open oceans." This all changed after World War II, when the US Navy grew into a behemoth. America has by far the most powerful naval fleet in the world--it currently owns...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541742540
• ISBN13: 9781541742543
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.7"