The United States Navy’s Pivot to Asia Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book examines the origins of the U.S. Navy’s 2007 Maritime Strategy, the formation of the U.S. government’s Pivot to Asia strategy, and the most recent revisions to this strategy that focus more specifically on China. Besides examining the details of this strategy formulation, the book explores the internal and external repercussions on the U.S. Navy of the Pivot to Asia. It discusses the Fat Leonard scandal which involved corruption in contracts for the maintenance of the U.S. fleets in th...