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CONCEPTS AND APPLICATION OF MARITIME POWER
People have historically not understood the
dependency of humanity to the sea which is an
essential a gateway to prosperity and survival. A good
reason for this effect more generally known as ‘Sea
blindness’ is due to the lack of interest or awareness
that people have about the ocean as they cannot
really see what is happening in the sea, except for
those who are engaged in fisheries or in the maritime
support sector.
It seems that the primary symptom of sea blindness
is political and public apathy to the economic
importance of the oceans. A secondary factor is the
lack of consensus on the size and type of naval forces
needed to maintain order at sea and how it should
be done. Butch Bracknell and James Kraska wrote in
Ending America’s ‘Sea Blindness’.
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