The Modernisation of the Republic of Korea Navy Seapower, Strategy and Politics /

• Main Author: Bowers, Ian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific,
• Subjects: Security, International.; Politics and war.; International relations.; Asia-Politics and government.; International Security Studies.; Military and Defence Studies.; International Relations Theory.; Asian Politics.
• Physical Description: XXI, 239 p. 9 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319922911
• ISSN: 2662-222X
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92291-1

This book sheds light on one of the most under-studied but powerful navies in the world. Using a multifaceted approach, it examines how the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) has sought to transform itself from a coastal naval force focused solely on deterring North Korea to a navy capable of operating in the blue waters of East Asia and beyond. The project argues that peninsular and regional security dynamics, technological developments, the US-South Korea alliance and internal politics combine to inform and shape ROKN modernisation. Ian Bowers is Associate Professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Oslo, Norway.