Foreword / by Peter Dombrowski -- U.S. naval strategy in the twenty-first century : a brief introduction / by Peter Dombrowski -- The changing national security environment. The challenges of American imperial power / by Michael Ignatieff -- American primacy : its prospects and pitfalls / by Stephen M. Walt -- Has it worked? The Goldwater-Nichols Reorganization Act / by James R. Locher III -- The erosion of civilian control of the military in the United States today / by Richard H. Kohn -- "9/11" and after : a British view / by Sir Michael Howard -- Naval strategy. Fighting at and from the sea : a second opinion / by Frank Uhlig, Jr. -- "...From the sea" and back again : naval power in the second American century / by Edward Rhodes -- The tyranny of forward presence / by Daniel Gouré -- Naval power for a new American century / by Roger W. Barnett -- Naval transformation. Transforming the U.S. armed forces : rhetoric or reality? / by Thomas G. Mahnken -- Network-centric warfare : what's the point? / by Edward A. Smith, Jr. -- Transforming the Navy : punching a feather bed? / by Peter Dombrowski and Andrew L. Ross -- Building the future fleet : show us the analysis! / by Eric J. Labs -- Transformation and the Navy's tough choices ahead : what are the options for policy makers? / by Ronald O'Rourke -- Conclusion / by Peter Dombrowski.