ABriefGuidetoMaritimeStrategyisadeliberatelycompactintroductoryworkaimedatjuniorseafarers,thosewhomakedecisionsaffectingtheseaservices,andthosewhoeducateseafarersanddecision-makers.Itintroducesreaderstothemaintheoreticalideasthatshapehowstatesmenandcommandersmakeandexecutemaritimestrategyintimesofpeaceandwar.FollowinginthespiritofBernardBrodie’sLayman’sGuidetoNavalStrategy,aWorldWarII-erabookwhosetitlemakesitspurposeplain,itwillbeacompanionvolumetosuchworksasGeoffreyTill’sSeapowerandWayneHughes’sFleetTacticsandCoastalCombat,theclassictreatisethatexplainshowtohandlenaviesinfleetactions.Ittakesthemysteryoutofmaritimestrategy,whichshouldnotbeanarcaneartforpractitionersorpolicy-makers,andwillhelpthenextgenerationthinkaboutstrategy.
