Norman Friedman
Norman Friedman is an internationally known strategist and naval historian. He is the author of nearly 30 books, including the award-winning Seapower as Strategy and The Fifty-Year War, a history of the Cold War that won the Royal Services Institute’s Westminster Medal for the best English-language military book for the year 2000.
He also writes a monthly column on world naval developments for the Naval Institute’s Proceedings magazine, and his articles have appeared in Joint Forces Quarterly, Jane’s International Defence Review, Asian Pacific Defence Reporter, Defense Electronics, The Journal of Electronic Defense, The International Countermeasures Handbook, Armada, Defence, ORBIS, Military Technology, Naval Forces, Jane’s Navy International, Signal, The Wall Street Journal (U.S., European, and Far Eastern editions), DPA, RUSI Journal, and the Journal of Cold War Studies, among others.
Most Recent Posts by Author
The Falklands War in Retrospect
It is now more than 30 years since the Argentineans seized the Falklands, one of the last British colonies, and …
Aircraft Carrier Evolution
The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) is the latest chapter in a carrier story which began almost …
Going Electric: The History and Future of Naval Electric Drive
The new Zumwalt-class destroyer is described as an “electric ship.” The next-generation carrier is more “electric” by far than any …
Nuclear Power in Aircraft Carriers
It has been a little over half a century since the first nuclear-powered warship, the submarine USS Nautilus, signaled that …
From Davits to Docks: The Evolution of U.S. Navy Amphibious Ships
USS Arlington (LPD 24) is the culmination of a century of attempts to answer one question: how do you move …
Nuclear Power for Surface Combatants
As the price of oil skyrocketed in 2008, some in Congress argued that it was pointless to keep building oil-powered …
Invested in Carriers
This seems to be a boom time for carriers. The first Chinese carrier, the Liaoning, is running operational trials and …
Aegis Air Defense System at Thirty
It has been 30 years since the missile cruiser Ticonderoga first took the Aegis system to sea. In 1982, Aegis …
World Naval Developments 2012
What follows are only highlights of world naval developments and programs for 2012. They are restricted to a few navies, …
Submarines and Their Future
Do submarines have a future? They are the oldest stealthy vehicles. It is often argued (recently by the chief of …