ABSTRACT
The present book examines the main determinants of strategic success for naval coalitions. For the last two centuries, navies have rarely gone to war alone; rather, they have usually operated within coalitions and in combination with ground forces. Since the advent of airpower, they have also operated with air forces. Many of the most important conflicts of the past two centuries have involved naval coalitions on at least one of the opposing sides. Interestingly, there has been a tendency for the side with the naval coalition to win and, in the case of wars between two naval coalitions, for the side with the most competent naval elements to persevere.
