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T he S ea I s O ne
larger questions of how the oceans drive the international system can we
fully appreciate the value and the challenge of the sea. In that sense, this
is a book that could have been written by many different sailors at any
point in the long, long history of our collective human voyages both over
the ocean and through time. Writing it now, in this century, is simply
an attempt to take a vivid snapshot of those two tendrils of human
experiencea sailors life at sea and the strategic impact of the oceans
upon the vast water world we call earth.
Lets get under way.