Reynolds Clark G. Command of the Sea: The History and Strategy of Maritime Empires

Krieger Publishing Co., 1984. — 689 p.This is how the world works - as the Phoenicians transporting good across the Aegean, they brought ideas, religions, and parts of other societies with them and all protected by the navies of those city-states with whom they traded. It worked then, it worked for the Brits, and it works for us now. A must-read for everyone involved in international maritime politics and international trade!