Sea Control 599: The Tanker War

About this episode

Tom Duffy discusses NATO maritime strategies and naval operations during the Tanker War and their relevance to current operations.

Tom Duffy joins the program to talk about his chapter "NATO Maritime Strategies and Naval Operations since 1985: Multilateral Naval Arrangements in the “Tanker War”” which is included in the new book from the ISPK SeaPower series titled Guardians of the North Atlantic: NATO Maritime Strategies and Naval Operations in Turbulent Times. He discusses similarities and differences between those Persian Gulf naval operations from the 1980s, and today’s Operation Epic Fury.

People in this episode

Guest: Tom Duffy

Topics covered

• naval operations
• NATO
• Persian Gulf
• military history
• maritime strategy

Keywords

• Tanker War
• NATO
• naval operations
• Persian Gulf
• Operation Epic Fury

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ISPK, NATO

Books & works: Guardians of the North Atlantic: NATO Maritime Strategies and Naval Operations in Turbulent Times

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