Reforge Britannia’s Trident or Close the Shop?

Third part of series of papers for the (UK) Naval Review Journal.

The final and third part of papers that I have wrote to be published in the [UK] Naval Review Journal was published online (August 2024) and in print (Winter 2024].

I reflect on the urgent need for reform of navies by gaining insight and wisdom from the past, as navies face a crisis s over the understanding of them by Governments and the public. 

“It’s time to challenge land-centric thinking, from seabed through space, a difficult task as it is the default for humans, but either way if navies do not reform themselves and their messaging they face a crisis far greater then the post-1945 decade, or even the change from sail to big gun.”

This paper concludes a three part series, the others:

📌 ‘The Art of Admiralty’ (2023)

📌 ‘Seablindness and the Royal Navy’ (2024)

📌‘Reforge Britannia’s Trident or Close the Shop?’ (2024)

If you have access to The Naval Review, you can read the full article here. It featured in journal June 2023.

The Editor Naval Review remarked:

The author argues that fundamental institutional reform must coincide with sea power education to reverse Britain's naval decline.

Part three of three of the author's uncompromising 'Art of Admiralty' series [111/3, p. 94 & 112/2, p.]

The author extends his gratitude to the editors and team at The Naval Review for publishing this series.