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A parameter is defined as a characteristic element of a member of a system, an arbitrary constant whose value describes the member’s behaviour or attributes. The characteristic of the US Navy in the twentieth century was a fleet strategy of offensive sea control. That was the way the service identified itself. Power was invested in an offensively oriented fleet.
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Baer, G.W. (1996). Parameters of Power: The US Navy in the Twentieth Century. In: Rodger, N.A.M. (eds) Naval Power in the Twentieth Century. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13860-9_1
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