Alfred Thayer Mahan, the American strategist and military philosopher whose writing has had a profound influence on naval affsirs since the latter part of the nineteenth century, believed seapower to be crucial to a nations wealth and prestige.
It is, I suppose, axiomatic that in relation to Sea Power, its place in the world and its actual or potential effect on the lives of people, both Maritime Strategy and the Structure of Navies will be constanly under review.