The United States Navy’s Pivot to Asia: The Origins of a Cooperative Strategy for Twenty-First Century Seapower

This book examines the origins of the U.S. Navy’s 2007 Maritime Strategy, the formation of the U.S. government’s ＂Pivot to Asia＂ strategy, and the most recent revisions to this strategy that focus more specifically on China. The book also explores the internal and external repercussions on the U.S. Navy of the Pivot to Asia.

Bruce A. Elleman is William V. Pratt Professor of International History at the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.