NWC INS Lecture Series -- Lecture 5 'China + Zombies'

The U.S. Naval War College is pleased to host the fifth lecture in this academic year's "Issues in National Security" lecture series.

Join Professor Jim Holmes who will speak about "China + Zombies".

From Professor Holmes: Every election year undead myths about how to calculate the power of the U.S. Navy go shambling around. Politicians point to budgets, or tonnage, or numbers of hulls and airframes as though a single measure of U.S. naval power reveals how much sea power is enough. It does not. The lecture takes aim at these zombies of U.S. maritime strategy before turning to the map of the Pacific to show why it is so hard for the U.S. sea services to overpower a rival great power in its own backyard.

James Holmes holds the J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and served on the faculty of the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs. A former U.S. Navy surface warfare officer, he was the last gunnery officer in history to fire a battleship’s big guns in anger, during the first Gulf War in 1991. He earned the Naval War College Foundation Award in 1994, signifying the top graduate in his class. His books include Red Star over the Pacific, an Atlantic Monthly Best Book of 2010, and a fixture on the Navy Professional Reading List. General James Mattis deems him “troublesome.”

About the Lecture Series

ISSUES IN NATIONAL SECURITY (INS) LECTURES are designed to offer scholarly lectures to the spouses, partners, and significant others of our students; military/civilian employees assigned to the Naval War College and Naval Station Newport and its tenant activities, International Sponsors, Foundation members, and local-area retirees or active/reserve personnel.

[ronti]

Another great talk from Prof Holmes, I love the clear and no bulls***t delvery. Clearly this has persisted from his Navy days and we are all the beneficiaries, especially when it is combined with a sharp intellect and unquestionable logic.

[panzerssg]

Very good strategy by the speaker! Explain in analogies, comparative scenarios, metaphors, instead of addressing the apprehensions directly.

[capricejacksonstudent]

With the U.S. Arsenal exceeding China greatly in weapons, I can see why we make reference to hauntings in regards to over spending. Perhaps we should focus on the inquiry of budget and the competition with various governments.

[TheSolidsnake]

Remember Korean War? Vietnam war? War of Afghanistan? The USA is the Best of everything?😂😅😊 And remember the Chinese read The Art of War for 2500 years, American needs to gain self confidence by reading instead of booze and weeds.