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The Influence of Law on Sea Power

D. P. O'Connell
Reviewed by Robert Gilpin
July 1976
The Influence of Law on Sea Power
D. P. O'Connell
Naval Institute Press
1976
204 pp.
$14.95
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The author, professor of international law at Oxford and a reserve naval officer, examines historical cases and contemporary developments to determine the role of international law in naval planning. A significant contribution to the literature on sea power in the modern world.

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