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Drawing on extensive State Department files, declassified Navy policy papers, interviews with both former top officials and individuals who were involved in incidents, David F. Winkler examines the evolution of the U.S.-Soviet naval relationship during the Cold War, focusing in particular on the 1972 Incidents at Sea Agreement (INCSEA). In this volume, an updated edition of his classic Cold War at Sea, Winkler brings the story up to the present, detailing occasional U.S.-Russia naval force interactions, including the April 2016 Russian aircraft ""buzzings"" of the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic. He also details China's efforts to militarize the South China Sea, claim sovereignty over waters within their exclusive economic zone, and the U.S. Navy's continuing efforts to counter these challenges to freedom of navigation.

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The circumstances that David Winkler describes in such well-researched detail may be unique to a particular strategic relationship in a particular era, but the principles he draws from that experience are as relevant as ever. This book should be required reading for anyone engaged in the crucial post-Cold War business of confidence building wherever potentially hostile forces meet at sea. - David N. Griffiths, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University The book is an interesting and engrossing account of both the Cold War at sea and the diplomatic endeavors carried out during this period to stabilize and neutralize areas of conflict. The book should appeal to both those interested in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War and diplomatic maneuvering during the same period. --The Journal of America's Military Past While many Cold War naval historians wrote about naval warfare or the evolution of maritime strategy during this period, Dr. Winkler presents a different kind of story on naval relations, a story about how the two biggest naval rivals competed, fully-prepared for war, but still managed to find a way to coexist at sea. Those valuable historical lessons may still be very important for the current Asia-Pacific situation. --Yuan Zhang, Research Fellow of Institute for International Studies of Wuhan University of China What you will find in Dr. Winkler's work is an extremely readable narrative that covers all types of naval confrontations on the high seas from the end of World War II to the near present. This book will provide important context for those pursuing freedom of navigation and safety at sea. - --John W. Warner, retired U.S. Senator, former Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and former Secretary of the Navy, from the Foreword This book provides us with a masterclass on using creative diplomacy and harnessing the experience of the military to reduce the international tensions and increase confidence between potential opponents. Winkler's book should be compulsory reading not only for maritime history and Cold War diplomacy enthusiasts, but also for all the researchers and practitioners who work currently on avoiding a new conflict at sea. -- Lukasz Kulesa, Research Director, European Leadership Network (ELN) This very informative book provides a detailed account of the dangerous confrontations that occurred in the air and at sea between the US and the communist superpowers in the post-1945 period.... Making use of government documents, personal papers, and oral histories, this highly readable account sheds important light on an otherwise unfamiliar chapter in the East-West confrontation. --CHOICE

While many Cold War naval historians wrote about naval warfare or the evolution of maritime strategy during this period, Dr. Winkler presents a different kind of story on naval relations, a story about how the two biggest naval rivals competed, fully-prepared for war, but still managed to find a way to coexist at sea. Those valuable historical lessons may still be very important for the current Asia-Pacific situation. --Yuan Zhang, Research Fellow of Institute for International Studies of Wuhan University of China What you will find in Dr. Winkler's work is an extremely readable narrative that covers all types of naval confrontations on the high seas from the end of World War II to the near present. This book will provide important context for those pursuing freedom of navigation and safety at sea. - --John W. Warner, retired U.S. Senator, former Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and former Secretary of the Navy, from the Foreword This book provides us with a masterclass on using creative diplomacy and harnessing the experience of the military to reduce the international tensions and increase confidence between potential opponents. Winkler's book should be compulsory reading not only for maritime history and Cold War diplomacy enthusiasts, but also for all the researchers and practitioners who work currently on avoiding a new conflict at sea. -- Lukasz Kulesa, Research Director, European Leadership Network (ELN) The circumstances that David Winkler describes in such well-researched detail may be unique to a particular strategic relationship in a particular era, but the principles he draws from that experience are as relevant as ever. This book should be required reading for anyone engaged in the crucial post-Cold War business of confidence building wherever potentially hostile forces meet at sea. - David N. Griffiths, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University This very informative book provides a detailed account of the dangerous confrontations that occurred in the air and at sea between the US and the communist superpowers in the post-1945 period.... Making use of government documents, personal papers, and oral histories, this highly readable account sheds important light on an otherwise unfamiliar chapter in the East-West confrontation. --CHOICE The book is an interesting and engrossing account of both the Cold War at sea and the diplomatic endeavors carried out during this period to stabilize and neutralize areas of conflict. The book should appeal to both those interested in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War and diplomatic maneuvering during the same period. --The Journal of America's Military Past

The high seas and contested littorals were the front line of US-Soviet interaction during the Cold War. Winkler's book provides an intimate look at the development and execution of a landmark agreement between adversaries that provided a key mechanism for ensuring that their interaction at sea remained professional and kept the Cold War from becoming hot. --Naval War College Review While many Cold War naval historians wrote about naval warfare or the evolution of maritime strategy during this period, Dr. Winkler presents a different kind of story on naval relations, a story about how the two biggest naval rivals competed, fully-prepared for war, but still managed to find a way to coexist at sea. Those valuable historical lessons may still be very important for the current Asia-Pacific situation. --Yuan Zhang, Research Fellow of Institute for International Studies of Wuhan University of China What you will find in Dr. Winkler's work is an extremely readable narrative that covers all types of naval confrontations on the high seas from the end of World War II to the near present. This book will provide important context for those pursuing freedom of navigation and safety at sea. - --John W. Warner, retired U.S. Senator, former Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and former Secretary of the Navy, from the Foreword This book provides us with a masterclass on using creative diplomacy and harnessing the experience of the military to reduce the international tensions and increase confidence between potential opponents. Winkler's book should be compulsory reading not only for maritime history and Cold War diplomacy enthusiasts, but also for all the researchers and practitioners who work currently on avoiding a new conflict at sea. -- Lukasz Kulesa, Research Director, European Leadership Network (ELN) The circumstances that David Winkler describes in such well-researched detail may be unique to a particular strategic relationship in a particular era, but the principles he draws from that experience are as relevant as ever. This book should be required reading for anyone engaged in the crucial post-Cold War business of confidence building wherever potentially hostile forces meet at sea. - David N. Griffiths, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University This very informative book provides a detailed account of the dangerous confrontations that occurred in the air and at sea between the US and the communist superpowers in the post-1945 period.... Making use of government documents, personal papers, and oral histories, this highly readable account sheds important light on an otherwise unfamiliar chapter in the East-West confrontation. --CHOICE The book is an interesting and engrossing account of both the Cold War at sea and the diplomatic endeavors carried out during this period to stabilize and neutralize areas of conflict. The book should appeal to both those interested in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War and diplomatic maneuvering during the same period. --The Journal of America's Military Past

While many Cold War naval historians wrote about naval warfare or the evolution of maritime strategy during this period, Dr. Winkler presents a different kind of story on naval relations, a story about how the two biggest naval rivals competed, fully-prepared for war, but still managed to find a way to coexist at sea. Those valuable historical lessons may still be very important for the current Asia-Pacific situation. --Yuan Zhang, Research Fellow of Institute for International Studies of Wuhan University of China This book provides us with a masterclass on using creative diplomacy and harnessing the experience of the military to reduce the international tensions and increase confidence between potential opponents. Winkler's book should be compulsory reading not only for maritime history and Cold War diplomacy enthusiasts, but also for all the researchers and practitioners who work currently on avoiding a new conflict at sea. -- Lukasz Kulesa, Research Director, European Leadership Network (ELN) This very informative book provides a detailed account of the dangerous confrontations that occurred in the air and at sea between the US and the communist superpowers in the post-1945 period.... Making use of government documents, personal papers, and oral histories, this highly readable account sheds important light on an otherwise unfamiliar chapter in the East-West confrontation. --CHOICE What you will find in Dr. Winkler's work is an extremely readable narrative that covers all types of naval confrontations on the high seas from the end of World War II to the near present. This book will provide important context for those pursuing freedom of navigation and safety at sea. - --John W. Warner, retired U.S. Senator, former Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and former Secretary of the Navy, from the Foreword The circumstances that David Winkler describes in such well-researched detail may be unique to a particular strategic relationship in a particular era, but the principles he draws from that experience are as relevant as ever. This book should be required reading for anyone engaged in the crucial post-Cold War business of confidence building wherever potentially hostile forces meet at sea. - David N. Griffiths, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University The book is an interesting and engrossing account of both the Cold War at sea and the diplomatic endeavors carried out during this period to stabilize and neutralize areas of conflict. The book should appeal to both those interested in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War and diplomatic maneuvering during the same period. --The Journal of America's Military Past

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DAVID F. WINKLER has been a historian with the Naval Historical Foundation since 1996, where he was first employed while pursuing his doctoral degree at American University.

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