Australian Maritime Doctrine (2010)
Australian Maritime Doctrine brought together in an Australian context the key concepts and themes of sea power and explained them in a clear and straightforward fashion. This book laid out the ways in which the Navy operated as part of a joint and integrated ADF to accomplish the maritime security goals set by the Australian Government.
The key aspects covered are the trinity of maritime operations - being diplomatic, constabulary and military operations (including combat at operations at sea and from the sea) as well as the strategic concepts of sea control, sea denial and maritime power projection. Fundamental to these concepts is the importance of the sea lines of communication (or SLOCs) that are vital to Australia for the flow of trade to and from the nation.
