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"This volume contains chapters based on revised and updated presentations from "The Role of Naval Forces in Twenty-First Century Operations," the conference cosponsored by the International Security Studies Program of Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA). Contributors include leading defense analysts, senior military officers, academic specialists, and legislators. The papers describe the dramatic changes that are transforming early twenty-first-century conflict and how they will shape U.S. naval doctrine, training, and procurement in the years ahead." "This collection is a resource for naval strategists, defense scholars, policymakers, and others seeking to deepen and broaden their understanding of the new security setting."--BOOK JACKET.