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Intro -- Contents -- The Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Competing Visions for U. S. Grand Strategy -- Come Home, America -- From Preponderance to Offshore Balancing -- Geopolitics Updated -- Cooperative Security in the United States -- Concerts, Collective Security, and the Future of Europe: A Retrospective -- The Stability of a Unipolar World -- Preserving the Unipolar Moment -- Suggestions for Further Reading.

The military and political uses of Soviet seapower receive frequent comment and some see it growing beyond all legitimate bounds. This paper considers those uses, includes the major (but often overlooked) economic and commercial requirements of a maritime state, discusses its weaknesses and constraints, and assesses the threat it poses to the United States.

At the heart of Buzan & Hansen's (2009) narrative is a conflict dynamic that pits traditional strategic studies, narrow and overly militarized but dominant, against a diverse set of challengers who aim to widen and deepen the field. Gradually, the challengers erode the hegemonic position of the traditionalists. This analysis reflects the assumptions, premises, and perceptions that Buzan & Hansen bring to this project as protagonists in the camp of the challengers. The present article offers a traditionalist response to this narrative, suggesting that the evolution of the field looks very different when viewed through the lens of traditional strategic studies.