Maritime Strategy
E2. Naval, defence and maritime law enforcementDefinition
Service-level strategic articulation (e.g., US 1986, 2007, 2020).
The use and disposition of naval and maritime power to achieve national policy aims at and from the sea. Classic articulations include Julian Corbett’s Some Principles of Maritime Strategy (1911), centered on sea control and the army-navy link, and Alfred Thayer Mahan’s concentration-and-decisive-battle doctrine. The term also names a navy’s published strategy document, such as the US Maritime Strategy of 1986 and the tri-service A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower (2007, updated 2015 and 2020).
Source: Julian Corbett, Some Principles of Maritime Strategy (1911); US tri-service A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower (2007/2015/2020).