A cruise through maritime history shows connecting lines to the present and future
The sea is back. In people's minds. Initially, it made a name for itself ecologically - through its man-made pollution. Then it hit the headlines due to its role as an escape route to Europe. And finally, it was and is the maritime arms race in Asia that puts the dependence of the global economy and its globalised logistics on free waterways on the geopolitical agenda. This makes it all the more worthwhile to take a close look not only at the present and future, but also at the history of the oceans. After all, much of what can be found there in past centuries and millennia is reminiscent of today's or emerging constellations. There is, for example, the threat to Taiwan from the sea posed by China. Who in Europe is aware that the threat and use of maritime violence has a long tradition in Asia? It goes back much further than the major naval battles between the Japanese and Americans in the Second World War, which are also barely anchored in the collective memory of Europeans.
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Thank you Mr Speckmann for your description.
Would only emphasise the end of the book myself. It says: "There is, however, a huge world heritage site that should also be recognised as such - the global sea, whose history is now entering a new phase. At the beginning of the 21st century, the maritime world of the last four millennia has ceased to exist."