5 Essential Books on Maritime Strategy You Need to Read

Admiral Lisa Franchetti, America’s chief of naval operations or top uniformed naval officer, recently released her first Navy Professional Reading List. The list is solid on the whole. The books listed fall into three bins. Start with “Foundations,” a category concerned mainly with the industrial and engineering prerequisites for sea power. Works by Paul Kennedy and Arthur Herman lay the substructure for comprehending sea power and maritime strategy. 

Next move on to “Warfighters,” selections...