The Northern waters of Europe and the Soviet Union have been described as the naval battleground of any future superpower conflict. The increased US-Soviet interest in mobile and concealed weapon platforms has led to heightened interest in these waters. Cold Water Politics surveys recent strategy policies and military planning of the superpowers in the region. Ola Tunander looks at the long-term geopolitical consequences for global peace and security, as well as for the Scandinavian Peninsula and the Northern waters.
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`What Dr Tunanader has written is brilliant, and a welcome relief from the stale reprocessing of commonly held information characteristic of the genre writing about the Soviet navy...The result is a fascinating study of cross-cultural interpretations...Here is something new, brilliant and daring...It is written with both clarity and professional scholarship, while voiding the deadly jargon of the trade, and draws upon the resources of a literate mind for apt illustration. It is increasingly seldom that we can recommend a book that says something new and useful for these revolutonary times' - Naval War College Review
`A concise and expert discussion of a segment of the front where the political and military might of the two superpowers meet.... [the author] is very well read in the multinational literature on the subject; his bibliography is in itself a treasure trove' - Choice
`This volume constitutes an excellent critical analysis of the (Forward) Maritime Strategy of the US Navy, which is criticized as an extremely offensive strategy... In addition to the geopolitical perspective on the naval contest in the northern waters, the author also analyzes it as a form of "body language" writ large' - Non-Offensive Defence, International Research Newsletter
`This is one of the most interesting expositions of the US Maritime Strategy yet produced. The book examines the strategic - and political - underpinnings of the Maritime Strategy as it applies to the Northern Flank - in particular the Norwegian Sea. It also addresses an important question - why has there been no progress towards superpower arms control at sea?' - Pacific Research
`Sensible, balanced and unemotional....a most useful introduction to what is likely to be one of the most interesting issues of the next few years....much recommended'- Journal of Strategic Studies
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Introduction
Geopolitics of Northern Europe
Brief Historical Review
The Maritime Strategy and the Northern Front
The Maritime Strategy
Technical Credibility
The Maritime Strategy
Status and Consequences
The Soviet Union
Strategic Interests in Northern Europe
Wartime Consequences
Capabilities and Scenarios
Peacetime Consequences
Military Activities and Ambiguous Signals
Naval Hierarchies and Confidence Building at Sea
Conclusions
