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Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Satanic Influence in Utopian Tyrannies -- 2. Sir Thomas More's Utopia -- 3. Sparta and Plato's Republic Inspire Utopian Tyrants -- 4. Utopian Totalitarian Rulers -- 5. The Cultural Utopians -- 6. The Collectivist Road to Poverty and Slavery -- 7. Twentieth-Century Utopian Fiction -- 8. American Utopians in Government -- 9. The Utopian Nations (UN) - a Threat to America's Sovereignty -- 10. The Failure of Utopian Systems -- 11. The Vision of the Founding Fathers -- 12. Combating Future Utopian Planners -- Notes -- Index

The Age of Titans examines how heavy warships crewed by thousands of men developed from the agile triremes so popular during the Greek Classical Age. Following Alexander the Great, a new focus on naval siege warfare explains the rise in popularity of big ship navies and defines the model of naval power they made possible.

China's recent military modernization has fundamentally altered Taiwan's security options. New Chinese submarines, advanced surface-to-air mis- siles, and, especially, short-range ballistic and land-attack cruise missiles have greatly reduced Taiwan's geographic advantage. Taipei can no longer expect to counter Chinese military strengths in a symmetrical manner, with Patriot inter- ceptors, diesel submarines, surface warships, F-16 fighters, and P-3 maritime pa- trol aircraft.