The Decline of U.S. Sea Power: An Empirical Study

摘要

Since the close of World War II, the United States has become increasingly dependent upon sea borne commerce. At the same time, the American political processes have permitted the U.S. capabilities governing the transportation and defense of this trade to decline. Given the plausible ramifications of these observations, on the international status quo, an investigation of several hypotheses was conducted to determine scientifically the status of United States sea power. Each hypothesis was subjected to the same manipulation with parametric statistics to determine the association between variables, and the strength and significance of these relationships. The findings, overall, demonstrated support for the notion that a strong and meaningful correlation exists between the variables as stated above. In turn, this scientific evidence was used to support the conclusion that United States sea power is in a state of decline. (Author)