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A Survey of Present Practice

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All that remains now is to see how well ancient theory suits modern practice. How have the world’s navies actually conducted themselves, and are their procedures consistent with traditional thinking? Unfortunately, space precludes anything more than a preliminary reconnaissance; for breadth it will rely on a naval review of 1979, and for depth on a brief survey of the naval aspects of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 and the Falklands campaign of 1982.

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Till, G. (1984). A Survey of Present Practice. In: Maritime Strategy and the Nuclear Age. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17464-5_10

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