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Historians have argued that, between 1912 and 1914, Britain's naval leadership projected a so-called 'intermediate blockade', a line of vessels strung across the mid-North Sea. This strategy has been widely criticized as impractical and unrealistic. However, this article demonstrates that the Admiralty never projected such an approach. Rather, the naval leadership intended to adopt a system of mid-North Sea patrols during this period. By misunderstanding Admiralty policy before 1914, historians have been unable to ascertain that these patrols were resurrected in late 1914 and played an important part in the Royal Navy's wartime strategy.

AbstractTensions between civil and military authorities over issues such as budgets and strategic posture are unavoidable in pluralistic societies. Scholars of Civil-Military Relations (CMR) have identified a range of practices through which civil-military contestation occurs, and examined their implications for issues such as military effectiveness. This literature, however, has yet to incorporate critical approaches to knowledge into its analysis. Seeking to fill this gap, this article explores how the British military's presentation of its professional knowledge has been increasingly shaped by the political context of British defence policy. More specifically, it argues that the British armed forces' presentation of opaque imaginations of future war in military doctrine has sought to entrench the role of Defence in an environment of increasingly integrated governmental responses to security challenges. To do this, the article focuses specifically on two concepts that have become increasingly significant in the British defence establishment's articulation of its professional authority and strategic purpose – Multi-Domain Integration (MDI) and the Integrated Operating Concept (IOpC). The article therefore contributes to the literature a fresh perspective of the role of military doctrine and epistemic practices in civil-military contestation, as well as a critical account of the politics of knowledge in British defence.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PERSPECTIVES ON HIV/AIDS IN THE CARIBBEAN -- Section 1: SCIENTIFIC SESSION -- INTRODUCTION -- HEALTH STATUS IN THE REGION - A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- Section 2: CHILD HEALTH -- NUTRITION AND CHILD HEALTH DEVELOPMENT -- SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT AND BEHAVIOUR IN JAMAICAN CHILDREN -- Section 3: ADOLESCENCE AND EARLY ADULT LIFE -- ISSUES AFFECTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN THE CARIBBEAN -- COPING WITH TEENAGE PREGNANCY -- PARENTING - THE MALE CONTRIBUTION -- HIV/AIDS - THE RUDE AWAKENING/STEMMING THE TIDE -- PATTERNS OF SUBSTANCE USE AMONG ADOLESCENT STUDENTS IN JAMAICA, 1987-1997: PREVALENCE AND LONG-TERM TRENDS (Abridged) -- SUBSTANCE USE - HEALTH CONSEQUENCES -- INJURIES - THE BROAD PICTURE -- THE HEALTH IMPACT OF INJURIES -- Section 4: THE MIDDLE AND OLDER YEARS - CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES -- HYPERTENSION - BURDEN AND RISK FACTORS -- DIABETES MELLITUS - THE DELUGE -- DIABETES MELLITUS - THE RAVAGES -- CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE - THE RISE TO PROMINENCE -- CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE - THE REASONS -- CANCERS - THE CHANGING PATTERNS -- CANCER - RELATIONSHIP TO LIFESTYLES -- Section 5: THE ELDERLY -- AGEING - THE REALITY -- THE ELDERLY-THE CHALLENGES -- Section 6: ACROSS THE YEARS -- INFECTIOUS DISEASES - EMERGENCE AND RE-EMERGENCE -- OBESITY - THE IMPACT ON HEALTH AND PRESCRIPTION FOR ACTION -- Section 7: THE DISABLED IN OUR MIDST -- THE DISABLED IN OUR MIDST -ADDRESSING THE ISSUES -- MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CARIBBEAN - NEW PARADIGMS -- MENTAL HEALTH POLICY FOR THE SMALLER CARIBBEAN ISLANDS -- EMERGING CHALLENGES FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CARIBBEAN -- Section 8: HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY -- NEW CHALLENGES IN HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY FOR THE COUNTRIES OF THE CARIBBEAN FOR THE NEXT DECADE -- GOVERNANCE AND HEALTH SYSTEMS IN THE ANGLOPHONE CARIBBEAN -- HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY - THE PLAYERS.