This book explains both the strategic and the operational aspects of exercising control of the sea.

Milan Vego is an ADM R.K. Turner Professor of Operational Art and University Professor at the Naval War College, Rhode Island, USA.

1. Strategic Framework 2. Objectives and Main Methods 3. Defense of Military-Economic Potential at Sea 4. Protection of Military/Commercial Shipping 5. Destroying the Enemy's Military-Economic Potential at Sea 6. Containment of the Enemy's Maritime Trade 7. Capturing Operationally Important Positions Ashore 8. Destroying/Weakening Military-Economic Potential Ashore 9. Support of Ground Forces on the Coast